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Boardgame News is showing information about the Märklin edition of Ticket to Ride. This is a new edition of Ticket to Ride with the fourth official map designed by Alan R. Moon. As was rumored at Essen 2005, this map features Germany and very authentic (model) train cards displaying original Märklin trains. More game details below. A preview of this edition will be shown during the Nuremberg toy fare. Here is a quote from the pubslihers Days of Wonder. Due to the combined forces of Days of Wonder and Märklin I expect this game to become popular not only for boardgamers but also for model train fans. I can immediately think of a few people for whom this might be an excellent birthday present...

The boardmap for the Märklin Edition is based on a map of Germany and introduces Passengers and Merchandise to the Ticket to Ride gameplay.

Passengers are used to pick up merchandise worth different numbers of points along the routes that they claim. Varying stacks of merchandise tokens with different point values are placed next to the different cities on the map. Players can place one of their 3 Passenger tokens on any city along a route that they claim. On his game turn, the player can choose to then move one of his passengers from the city it currently occupies along any or all of his continuous routes, picking up Merchandise Tokens from each city he moves through. Of course he’ll always take the highest remaining tokens. The point total of the tokens is then added to his score.

Other game play changes are the vertical orientation of the German map, and instead of a bonus for longest route, the 10 point bonus card goes to the player who completes the most Destination Tickets.

While boardgamers may not be familiar with the Märklin name, train hobbyists consider it the premier name in the model train world. This German company has been around for over 140 years and is the world’s leader in the miniature train hobby. Each train card in this edition will feature a different image (118 in all) of a Märklin model train car or locomotive. To learn more about Märklin we invite you to visit their website at www.marklin.com. To learn of their history as a toy manufacturer visit: http://www.marklin.com/about/.

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