Ticket to Ride is probably the game we play the most. We have the USA, Europe, India + Switzerland, and now the UK and Pennsylvania map.
I have to say this expansion is both awesome and terrible.
The UK map has a technology aspect of it that makes the locomotives too important. In most ticket to ride games, people pull cards from the visible choices. That never happens in UK because everyone is pulling from the deck hoping for more locomotives. Also, the technologies just weight the game down. It is really no fun IMHO. That being said, the map is BEAUTIFUL. It is almost as pretty as India.
The Pennsylvania map is UGLY. They forgot the legend and forgot to put in a card for the person who scored the most tickets. The stock gimmick in this map is FANTASTIC. My son's strategy is to forgo destinations and go after stocks. My wife goes after a ton of destination and doesn't concentrate on stocks too much. I am somewhere in between. All 3 of us have won at different times with very different strategies. We play this one the most with India being our second favorite.
Anyone else give it a go?
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