Days of Wonder | Ticket to Ride United Kingdom Board Game

Bought these as an expansion pack to the already owned Ticket to Ride game. This is a really good game for all ages and gives good knowledge of where cities are. Would recommend from around 10/12 to adult.

We love ticket to ride but beware that this is the “expansion” game. You must have the original game to have all the pieces to play. If you are a fan of the original two versions of the game (Europe / USA), then an expansion game adds different destinations and rules. Lots of fun.

This is an excellent addition to the Ticket to Ride family of games – it adds new cards and new issues – so new challenges. After the original ticket to ride and Europe ticket to ride this is the next best and great because of the new map and new terrain cards which simulates the difficulty of building railways into the ‘heart of darkness’. Please note this is an expandsion pack and you must have the original Ticket to Ride to play – as you need the pieces and cards from the main game.

This is an extension pack for the original Ticket to Ride game. I think each version of the game has slight differences apart from the new maps which keep it interesting. This is such a great game, we’ve played with loads of different people (some of whom were not keen to play a board game, but were soon hooked) everyone has really loved this game.

Two new games are provided by this expansion, India and Switzerland. The double-sided map board opens to the same size as the original “Ticket to Ride Europe” and there are two sets of new “ticket” cards. (For those not used to the concept of an “expansion, you use the playing pieces from your original game, and you cannot play either of these new games without owning the original). India adds a new concept, namely a “Mandala” or circular route between the 2 places on your ticket. Switzerland introduces the idea of city to country (or even country to country) which gives flexibility in gaining routes. There are also minor variations to the “tunnel” rules and locomotive cards. Rules are close enough to the original game to be easy to pick up, but different enough to add interesting variety.

As a big enthusiast for the standard game (Europe), but wanting something different, we bought this expansion pack and haven’t been disappointed.

All it uses from the main game is the plastic pieces to go on the board and the counters – everything else is new. We’ve only played the UK board so far, but it really stretches the game. You throw away the idea of a longest route, but gain all the different technologies, needed, for example, to put down a route longer than 2, or to get out of England into one of the other countries. The result has been for us more thoughtful and strategic play, and games that are a lot closer in outcome (so rarely sure until the route tickets have been added up).

It looks a little overwhelming when you first get out all the tech cards, but given a couple of games we were really enjoying it. If you not played the basic game before, I’d get the hang of that first before adding this one. Having done that, expect to become addicted!

Such a good twist on the European version, and two board games for the price of one! Both sides of the board are different maps and have different rules so you can mix it up a bit. Beware though, you will need other TTR games as you require the playing pieces from another set. Your usual strategies won’t work so you need to figure out new ones, which is a lot of fun and evens out the advantage of well practiced TTR fanatics over newbies (which is our usual problem)!

A nice one with an additional rule for extra points when you connect two destinations in two entirely different ways.

Comes with switzerland as a bonus, which is a map full of tunnels. If you liked Ticket to Ride and would like some variation from the standard game, then this expansion map is for you.

Needs Ticket to Ride to play since it is only composed of two new maps and new destination tickets.