France - Unofficial map to Ticket to Ride
France - A fan-produced map to Ticket to Ride by Cédric Hottinger, Élise Mingler and Yann Manigler Ticket to Ride is designed by Alan R. Moon and published by Days of Wonder
Cédric Hottinger, Élise Mingler and Yann Manigler have created an unofficial map for Ticket to Ride: France. The game rules are very similar to the original Ticket to Ride (USA). Two main exceptions:
1. The French capital, Paris, is handled a little bit different: The capital consists of four different nodes which are interconnected with each other by double roues. Irrespective of the number of players, these double routes may always be used.
2. The TGV is introduced! The TGV routes require locomotives (jokers) to be played. A minimum of three locomotives is required. A TGV route of length 3 scores 14 points, one which is 4 tiles in length scores 16 points and the longest TGV route (5) scores 18 points in total. This makes these routes very attractive.
The authors have pointed out, that the map of France is best played with 3 or 4 players.While it has not been tested for 5 players, the two player variant seems to be less interesting.
Personally, I like the TGV novelty, this really shows some special creativity and brings new tactical options to the game. The design of both the map and the tickets is wonderful and very original. This one certainly looks like a lot of fun and since christmas is around the corner, this one sounds like a good one to try over the holidays...
To download the map, click here, to visit their site.