This meant that my opinions, going into Ticket to Ride Asia were somewhat neutral. It seemed to over complicate the game, and ultimately, the additional cards introduced during that version of the game (which I believe is officially called Ticket to Ride Map Collection: Volume 5 – United Kingdom & Pennsylvania) didn’t do much for me other than muddle a beautifully simple game. In the past we have played the UK expansion which was something I didn’t overly get on well with. I have to admit that when I was first told that we were to play Ticket To Ride Asia (it’s a friend’s copy, rather than my own) I was dubious. Our Opinions – What is Ticket To Ride Asia: Legendary Asia Like To Play? You can actually download the rules for Ticket to Ride: Legendary Asia here. Other than that, the rules are more or less the same as Ticket to Ride Europe. Instead, it is the number of connected cities by train lines in a spider web of connectivity. This is a light twist on Longest Route, but it removes the need for everything to be in one long line. Any carriages in the Mountain Crossing section are worth 2 points each.įinally, rather than Longest Route there is the Asian Explorer bonus.

The discarded pieces then go to the bottom left corner of the board where there is a Mountain Crossing section. This means discarding the physical plastic carriage pieces from play.

Unlike in Ticket to Ride standard edition, where tunnels may require players to spend more cards then they need to in order to complete a track, in Legendary Asia, the Mountain Routes require you to discard carriages to build a route. The new Mountain Routes include spaces on the board with big crosses on them. I’ll make the assumption that, if you are reading this, you have some idea as to the rules of the standard or European editions of Ticket to Ride. Rather than explain how these work in a separate section, and since there are only a few tweaks to the gameplay from the original game, I figured we would just explore them here. In return, Ticket to Ride Asia: Legendary Asia removes tunnels, which are in the original copy of the game. Legendary Asia, on the other hand, introduces Mountain Routes and the Mountain Crossing area of play. Ticket to Ride Asia introduces two new modes of play, as explored above, and also opens Ticket to Ride up to be six player in the Team Asia mode of play. It adds two new maps to the game, although it requires the base game to play. Ticket to Ride Asia is an expansion pack for the world famous game Ticket to Ride, with the official name Ticket to Ride Map Collection Volume 1 – Team Asia and Legendary Asia. The Core Information: What is Ticket To Ride Asia: Legendary Asia? One part will be today, and one part in the future, starting with Legendary Asia. Yes, I thought we would look at both parts in detail. Ticket to Ride: Legendary Asia – This is what we’ll be looking at today.This seems to be a great way of increasing the player count.

Ticket to Ride: Team Asia – a mode that not only made Ticket to Ride a team experience, but that made it for 6 players.Not only did it introduce two new maps, but it also introduced two new sets of mechanics. Ticket To Ride Asia, introduces two new iterations of the core game to the fold. Moon and François Valentyne put their heads together to create Ticket to Ride Asia some really interesting was born. I know I speak for a fair number of gamers when I say that a whole swathe of the gaming world became excited when expansions for Ticket to Ride were announced, and rightly so. Several core versions are in circulation – the most popular being Ticket to Ride: USA (the original game) and Ticket to Ride: Europe. Depicted as both a family friendly board game and as an entry level game, Ticket to Ride has made its way to the shelves of gamers around the globe. Ticket to Ride is a classic within the board game world.

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