Ticket to Ride Heads Back in Time to 17th Century Amsterdam

The Ticket to Ride train continues to roll on — although in the case of the newly announced Ticket to Ride: Amsterdam, players will be using transportation of a different sort as the game is set in 17th century Amsterdam instead of a more recent time. As the press release explains:

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You are in the middle of the Gouden Eeuw, the Dutch Golden Age. Amsterdam is the beating heart of global trade and the wealthiest city on Earth. Goods from around the world are piling up on the docks, in ship holds, in warehouses, and on the banks of its countless canals. You mean to profit from this!

Ticket to Ride: Amsterdam, designed by Alan R. Moon and published by Days of Wonder, fits the model of 2018's Ticket to Ride: New York and 2019's Ticket to Ride: London, with the familiar gameplay from the Ticket to Ride game series — collect cards, claim routes, draw tickets — but on a scaled-down map with a scoring twist.

Here's an overview of this title, which is for 2-4 players with a playing time of 10-15 minutes:

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Each player starts with a supply of 16 carts, two transportation cards in hand, and one or two trade contract tickets that show locations in the Amsterdam market. On a turn, you either draw two transportation cards from the deck or the display of five face-up cards (or you take one face-up wild card, which counts as all six colors in the game); or you claim a route on the board by discarding cards that match the color of the route being claimed (with any set of cards allowing you to claim a gray route); or you draw two trade contract tickets and keep at least one of them.

Whenever you complete a route that has carts depicted on it, with these primarily being on the perimeter of the city, you claim a merchandise bonus card.

Players take turns until someone has no more than two carts in their supply, then each player takes one final turn, including the player who triggered the end of the game. Players then sum their points, scoring points for the routes that they've claimed during the game, the trade contract tickets that they've completed (by connecting the two locations on a ticket by a continuous line of their carts), and their standing among those who hold merchandise bonus cards. Whoever holds the most cards collects 8 points, with other players collecting fewer points. You lose points for any uncompleted contract tickets, then whoever has the high score wins!

Ticket to Ride: Amsterdam is due out in Europe in July 2020 and in North America in September 2020, with a MSRP of $/€20. You download the complete rules from the Days of Wonder website.