Nederland is the new expansion map for Ticket to Ride.
In keeping up with their money
grabbing, space wasting ways, Days of Wonder is yet again releasing a one sided
map expansion pack. Bleh. Sigh.
The Nederland map is not merely just a brand new
map with the same gameplay elements from basic Ticket to Ride, instead, it
brings with it a refreshing take on gameplay by adding in a monetary element
that is crucial in the building of tracks and in end game scoring.
Throughout the game, whenever a
player would like to build a track, a certain amount of money will be required
to be paid to the bank ( or to another player if he/she has built the first of
the double tracks ). If the player has insufficient money, he/she may take a
loan from the bank.
Watch out though, each loan is
worth negative points at the end of the game, and also, if you have any loans
with you, you will be ineligible to participate in the end game scoring of
points which is distributed to players based on who has the most money left
over.
I like Ticket to Ride as it is, and
I am not the kind to buy all their expansion packs ( I don’t have the
India/Switzerland & Africa packs ), but I am VERY keen on this map pack as
I think the monetary element changes the game completely. Instead of just
managing cards and the number of trains you have, you have to watch out for
your pile of money as well. No longer is it a valid option to store cards and build
all your trains at one go towards the end, but now you HAVE to build early to
set yourself up for an inflow of income. The one downside is that I hate to
take loans in games, so, hmmm, well, we’ll see how that plays out. :P
Jonathan
What one side map ......... oh disappointing!!!
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