

In this 15th Anniversary edition, they are accurate 3D models of train stations. The other cool element of this game is the Train Stations. These additions are an added challenge because both require you to have specific cards in your hand when you want to complete either, but in the case of Tunnels, you don’t know which cards you need! (Tunnels require you to turn over three cards in the deck, and if any cards are matching the color of the tunnel route, you need to play extra cards from your hand to match) What makes Ticket to Ride: Europe different is the addition of Ferries and Tunnels. Overall, these are the same rules as regular Ticket to Ride. If you don’t complete the route, you must deduct those points from your final score. If you complete the shown route by the time the game ends, you get the points associated with the card. Each player also has Destination Ticket cards that have two destinations on them. The gameplay, as mentioned above, involves creating routes between cities by discarding train cards that match the color of the route on the board. The gameplay is no different than regular Ticket to Ride: Europe. However, they have added the Europa 1912, Big Cities, and the Max expansions (basically extra destination tickets) to make the cost of the game much more worth your while. Once we realized there were 48 cars in each tin, that made setup much faster!! Other than that, Players only need to shuffle and deal cards, and you are ready to get started! Game Play The most tedious part was counting out 45 train cars the first time we played. We only needed a few minutes, and we were ready to go. Ticket to Ride: Europe 15th Anniversaryis a reasonably easy game to set up. It takes up most of our 48″ square table. The board is much larger than the original Ticket to Ride: Europe. While complex and designed, the trains are not as highly detailed as we’d like to see for a game at this price point, but they still look cool.

Cards are better quality than other games we have recently played.

Each player gets their tin of plastic trains, which is way cool. In Ticket to Ride: Europe 15th Anniversary, components are pretty high quality and nicely detailed.
