Tuesday, May 30, 2017

I've got a Ticket to Ride...

Okay, this is embarrassing.  It's been a month of life just conspiring against me.  I apologize for the lack of updates, but between an illness, holiday, work trip and new game I just plain didn't have any time left for zombie gaming.
Not my work, but a cool zombie apocalypse train!

On a gaming note, my sister introduced me to the board game Ticket to Ride.  I know it's been around for years, but I hadn't tried it.  Trains just are not a huge draw for me.  I played Empire Builder way back in the day and couldn't get into it.  Ticket to Ride is a much more social or beer and pretzels game, and it has been a go-to for the wife and I for the past month or so.
Ticket to Ride USA board
The game is basically collecting cards to turn in sets and 'build' rail lines.  You can focus on making the longest sets possible or building specific routes and connecting cities to fulfill various 'tickets' to score points for routes.  I am pretty impressed with the game mechanics, it allows for different strategies as well as ways to score and win from seemingly poor starts.
Example game play

No zombies, but there is some sort of expansion with a large monster (Godzilla) and space alien.  Not sure what that is about, but the game has solid mechanics and I could see it adapted to many milieus.  Who knows, maybe there will be a Walking Dead version...  (hmm, they did have rail lines to Terminus...)
Map expansion maybe?

It is a fun strategy board game, and there are plenty of expansions and options to keep it fresh.  We have the basic game, set in the USA as well as the Ticket to Ride:Europe set.  It gives us a geography lesson when we play as well!

I have waited to post again until I felt I could commit to a few posts and get back into regular posting.  Once I get back to the apocalypse, we will see what happened to Dawn after the gang attack!

7 comments:

  1. Good to hear from you! Always on the look out for new games and this looks just the ticket.

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    1. It's a fun game, easy to pick up and good replay potential. Not deep, but it's been a lot of fun.

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  2. Great to have you back - as a "train fan" you are MORE than excused for this post's content :)

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    1. LOL, glad I get a pass this time! It's good to get a bit of a break in from wargaming and just play some standard tabletop board games once in a while.

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  3. Great game, without doubt. :)

    Can I recommend Power Grid if you haven' tried it already (although that works better with 3 or more players due to the bidding wars element it has). :)

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    1. I have seen Power Grid, but never played it. I will check that out next ti,e I am at the game shop. I think one of the local ones has a store copy to try...

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  4. TtR and its many supplements is/was a very popular game at the wargames group I used to attend and was the 'goto' game when they were short of a wargame.

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