For Christmas, my brother received this new to us game called Ticket to Ride… Europe. We have since played it 27 times and are loving it. We loved it so much that we ordered Ticket to Ride North America for my husband for his birthday… which is Feb. 3rd, but we gave it to him within 20 minutes of it arriving at our door. We wanted to make sure he got it before he leaves tomorrow for three days. (We’re so thoughtful!)
Anyway, the game is a good mix of Settlers of Catan (building roads vs. building train routes), Risk (conquering the world) and Pit (collecting matching cards without the swapping of cards). The North American version, I believe, came out first. It is the dumbed-down version without all the bells and whistles of Europe. In N.A. if you don’t get to a train route first, you’re outta luck and have to find another round-about way to get there. In Europe, you simply put down a train station and use the other person’s route…. for a price, of course.
There are a few other versions of Ticket to Ride, as well as some expansion packs. The game industry has truly figured out how to milk the most money out of us as possible…. expansion packs… GAH! And at $20-25 each! AFTER you paid $50 for the game. They are unfairly using families like ours, who are totally game addicts, by limiting the number of players in the original game….. and then selling expansion packs. And we fall into the trap EVERY time!
We invited friends over to play Europe and we played two games right in a row! They called us the next day and asked if we wanted to come over and play again. They went out and bought it the next day! See!?! Good game! It’s set up on our dining room table if you want to pop by and give it a whirl. Yes, we’re studying the Middle Ages, so if we play the Europe version, it counts as school!
Tags: Europe, family game night, family games, family night, games, homeschool, MIddle Ages, mom, North America, Pit, playing games, raising boys, Risk, settlers of catan, Ticket to Ride, train station, trains
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