Being gamers my group immediately started considering whether 6- or 7-player Ticket to Ride game were now possible (since there are 7 different colors between this and any other Ticket to Ride set), but I don't think that any of the maps would support it. The colors are surprising because the very common blue and green are missing, replaced in this edition with white and purple. Plastic Bits: The trains are simple plastic train cars molded in the five player colors: red, black, yellow, white, and purple. In addition, as another usability plus, there's a scoring chart on the board which lists the scoring value for each length of route. To improve usability each route is marked with color-coordinated icons, which also appear on the cards.
Thus the map, as with all the other components, is more modern looking.There's actually some nice texture and color to this map that really helps it stand out, where previous maps were a little plain. This newer game isn't set strongly in the early 1900s, like the previous games were. A scoring track surrounds the board, running 1-100. Each city is also marked as yellow, red, white, or black, corresponding to merchandise token colors. The map depicts train routes of different colors and different lengths connecting together various cities and countries. This time around the board depicts Germany, and its a vertical map, rather than the horizontal maps used for the previous releases. Game Board: A six-panel gameboard printed on heavy, linen-textured cardboard.
Ticket to Ride Marklin manages to improve upon the beautiful graphical design usually found in the Ticket to Ride games. Ticket to Ride Marklin is currently out in Europe and is scheduled for American release in mid-April. It also offers a new setting: Germany.īits of this review, particularly the gameplay, mirror my original review of Ticket to Ride, which has similar gameplay and components. Like Ticket To Ride Europe this standalone release changes some of the original TtR's rule. Ticket to Ride Marklin is the third game in Alan R.
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