Ticket to Ride Keeps Rolling to the United Kingdom and Pennsylvania

Ticket to Ride Keeps Rolling to the United Kingdom and Pennsylvania
Board Game: Ticket to Ride Map Collection: Volume 5 – United Kingdom & Pennsylvania
At Gen Con 2015, the North American branch of Asmodee held its annual press event to highlight a number of forthcoming releases from the publishers that it distributes: Doctor Panic from Repos Production, Kemet: Ta-Seti from Matagot, T.I.M.E Stories (sigh...) from Space Cowboys, and many others. Being the in-touch news guy that I am, I had heard of nearly everything on display at the event — except for the one thing that we could not take pictures of because the artwork was not yet finished. So frustrating! Thankfully, I could still write a bit about it:




Today, Days of Wonder has officially unveiled (taking a breath) Ticket to Ride Map Collection: Volume 5 – United Kingdom & Pennsylvania, a double-sided game board from designer Alan R. Moon that works as an expansion for either Ticket to Ride or Ticket to Ride: Europe. Some details about the gameplay in this item:

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The United Kingdom half of this map collection introduces the concept of technology to TtR. At the start of the game, players can build only one- and two-train routes and only in England. By spending locomotives (i.e., wild cards), players gain the ability to build routes three trains long or longer, in addition to being able to build ferries across water or build train routes in Scotland, Wales and elsewhere. Players can also buy bonus cards that allow them to score extra points for taking certain actions during play.
Board Game: Ticket to Ride Map Collection: Volume 5 – United Kingdom & Pennsylvania

In a press release for this collection, Adrien Martinot, General Manager at Days of Wonder, said, "You need Locomotives to buy Technologies, but you also need them to claim vital routes on the map. Finding the proper balance between your Technologies and the expansion of your railroad network is the key to victory!" With locomotives being so key for this map, the expansion includes a new set of 116 train cards for use with the UK map with a slightly different ratio of trains to locomotives compared to the base game. The UK map, designed for 2-4 players, also has 57 tickets and 47 technology cards.

Board Game: Ticket to Ride Map Collection: Volume 5 – United Kingdom & Pennsylvania

Board Game: Ticket to Ride Map Collection: Volume 5 – United Kingdom & Pennsylvania

Board Game: Ticket to Ride Map Collection: Volume 5 – United Kingdom & Pennsylvania

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The Pennsylvania half of this map collection adds a share mechanism to the basic TtR game. Each time that a player completes a route, they claim a share of one of the companies depicted next to that route. At the end of the game, whoever holds more shares of a company than all other players receives points as a reward.
Yes, those who have wanted a touch of Union Pacific in their Ticket to Ride can finally have their wish, with the PA map — designed for 2-5 players — having 50 tickets and 60 share cards.

Oh, and before anyone complains about the spelling on Pittsburgh on the PA map, be sure to check out this history of how the city's name has changed over time. For the years in which Ticket to Ride is set, the names are spot on. As for the placement of the cities, well, I'll let you figure that out for yourself.

Ticket to Ride: UK/PA, which carries a $40/€35 MSRP, debuts at Spiel 2015 in October, with a European release shortly thereafter and a release elsewhere in the world by the end of November 2015.

Board Game: Ticket to Ride Map Collection: Volume 5 – United Kingdom & Pennsylvania

Board Game: Ticket to Ride Map Collection: Volume 5 – United Kingdom & Pennsylvania

Board Game: Ticket to Ride Map Collection: Volume 5 – United Kingdom & Pennsylvania

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