Ticket to Ride Austria #2
Ticket to Ride - Austria - An unofficial expansion map for Ticket to Ride by Bodo Malo. Ticket to Ride is copyright by Alan R. Moon and Days of Wonder
Bodo Malo has designed an unofficial map of Austria for use with Ticket to Ride / Zug um Zug. The map was designed to resemble the Austrian railroad network to a high degree. The game is completely self-designed and includes a map with real tracks and holding areas for destination tickets and waggon cards. During the summer months, Austria offers plenty of trains with steam engines or diesel engines for tourists. All destination tickets show a real picture and the name of the actual train, including historic trains from 100 years ago. This is a wonderful idea for fans of the train hobby.
Rules
The Austrian map is best played with original Ticket to Ride rules. However, the game can be extended by train stations from Ticket to Ride: Europe as well as passengers from the Ticket to Ride: Märklin edition.
Some special rules apply. Touristic routes - indicated by a small zig-zag icon along the route - have to be build like a tunnel. These routes end in a dead-end and are covered by only 1 destination ticket. If players attempt to build these routes they need to complete the route and hold the appropriate destination ticket. Otherwise, they will lose a number of victory points as indicated on the ticket.
The destination tickets also contain 9 valuable, long routes that are highlighted on the map to indicate them for new players. On his webpage, Bodo discusses blocking strategies for these routes.
An extremely well designed map for Ticket to Ride with some great ideas. Download the map at the author's webpage.