Ticket to ride nordic countries game

Breathe in the salt air of the busy Swedish ports on the Baltic Sea. Ride through the Danish countryside where Vikings once walked.

Players collect cards of various types of train cars that enable them to claim railway routes and pass through tunnels and onto ferries, as they connect cities throughout the Nordic Countries.

As with previous versions, the game remains elegant, can be learned in 5 minutes and provides hours of fun for families and experienced gamers alike. Ticket to Ride Nordic Countries is a complete board game designed specifically for 2 or 3 players. This game has become one of our family favorites. Routes are built in sections of 1 to 6 railcars based on playing cards of the designated color for the section. Longer routes and longer sections score more points than shorter ones.

Since routes can have sections that overlap, competition for certain segments adds to the excitement. Strategy is not too complicated, so that younger players are not at a disadvantage. Games take from 45 to 75 minutes, depending on the number of players.

Explore wildly different locations and circumstances around the globe as you expand your train lines in these new Ticket to Ride editions. The gameplay is similar to the original Ticket to Ride, but each map has its own challenges to overcome, including mountains, valleys, ferries, rough terrain, tolls, and other unique regional challenges.

Despite the varying climates, treacherous landscapes, and locational nuances, your goal is the same. Create the best route, collect the most valuable tickets, and connect cities to beat your competition!

Other editions are stand-alone and require no other Ticket to Ride games to play. Games last roughly minutes. Happy travels! Call: 1. Email: info rainbowresource. All information is secure inside of Rainbow. All credit card and check information is automatically deleted off of our systems once payment has been received. By browsing this site you accept cookies used to improve and personalize our services and marketing. Read our updated privacy policy for more about what we do with your data, as well as your rights and choices - including how to manage cookies.

Click to open expanded view. Ticket to Ride Nordic Countries Game. Save: In Stock. Add to Cart. Add To Wishlist. Item : Grades: 3-AD. Choking Hazard Small parts Not for children under 3 yrs. The cold isn't the only danger in Scandinavia, thoughnarrow, remote routes occupy much of Western Norway and Northern Finland, with few connections directly across the map.

Imitating the rough, mountainous geography are numerous tunnel and ferry routes stretching across much of the map. Perhaps some of those high-value tickets stretching across the mainland can help Sweden the deal players. Category Description for Ticket to Ride :. Primary Subject. Grade Start.

Powered by TurnTo. Questions that need answers My Posts. About this item. Highlights Get ready for a Nordic adventure! Standalone game in the award-winning Ticket to Ride Series. Nordic Countries themed map and components.

A Ticket to Ride game designed specifically for 2 or 3 players. Specifications Suggested Age: 8 Years and Up. Type of Game: Classic Games. Playing Time: Minutes. Number of Players: Players. Package type: Full Game. Material: Plastic, Cardstock Paper. Battery: No Battery Used. TCIN : UPC : Origin : Imported. Breathe in the salt air of the busy Swedish ports on the Baltic Sea. Ride through the Danish countryside where Vikings once walked.

Ticket to Ride Nordic Countries is a complete board game designed specifically for 2 or 3 players. Report incorrect product info. Shipping details Estimated ship dimensions: Return details This item can be returned to any Target store or Target. When I got into boardgaming a few years back, Ticket to Ride was my introduction to the wonderful world of Euro games. Since then it had become a favorite between my wife and I.

While it was a great game to play with friends and family, it always felt a little lacking. Buying the expansion helped a little bit, bit it was still an open board.

Enter TTR: Nordic. This is a great version of the game for 2 players. The map is tight and cramped, making it hard not to get in each others way. This fast became the go-to version for when the wife and I want a fun game to play. I will say though, that if you are new to the series, this version does have a couple extra rules and twists that make it just an iota more complicated than the vanilla version. But it still super fun and easy to learn. For Ticket To Ride fans, well at least for this one, the key to these games are the maps.

Yes, you can get Marklin and introduce passengers, but mainly, once you get the game play down, which is pretty easy to learn, the replay value comes from owning all the different versions so you can conquer new maps. With Nordic, the map is smaller, which allows 2 player gaming. This is the big selling point for this edition in my house. Since I love TTR, Nordic was a natural pick up and we really love being able to just pull it off the shelf on a whim to get some game time in rather than planning a big night of TTR:Europe or Marklin.

Now, note that other TTR titles can also be played with 2 players, but the maps are so big you end playing a game of drawing cards and racing to finish routes. What Nordic does is give you that smaller map so that players are forced into competing for routes, amping up the competition level. Originally available only in Scandinavia, Ticket to Ride: Nordic Countries , like its immediate predecessor, Ticket to Ride: Switzerland , is designed for two to three players.

Yet where Ticket to Ride: Switzerland was merely an expansion — consisting of a new board and new Destination Tickets, all packaged into a flat, album sized box — Ticket to Ride: Nordic Countries is a full game. The players take it in turns to draw colored Train tickets, either face up or from the deck, attempting to get enough to match the color of various routes on the board. When he has enough, a player can claim and mark a route with his trains.

Unlike its predecessor, Ticket to Ride: Nordic Countries does not offer any new type of Destination Ticket, so no Destination Tickets that connect the cities of Scandinavia to locations beyond her borders.

What it adds is a new theme that shows in the graphical design, typified by the snowbound train and waving Laplander complete with reindeer illustrations and the snow-covered cars on the train cards.

More Christmassy than the chocolate box style of Ticket to Ride: Switzerland. It also adds a vertical rather horizontal board as in other Ticket to Ride titles.

The latter is marked with both a line and with a dark mauve wash to reflect the Midnight Sky. Given this geography, the board is dominated by long vertical routes with relatively few horizontal routes, mostly located in the South where there are several tunnels. Ferry routes run the length of the Norwegian coast and crisscross the Baltic Sea, connecting the various countries by short sea routes.

Similarly, the ferries work just as they do in Ticket to Ride: Europe. The inclusion of these tunnels and ferries means that Ticket to Ride: Nordic Countries feels much like a two to three player variant of Ticket to Ride: Europe. There is one major difference though — an exceptional route that runs from Murmansk in Russia to Lieksa in Finland and is nine spaces long! This breaks the usual limit of six-space routes and is worth an incredible twenty-seven points!