Ticket to Ride Map Collection Volume 7 Japan & Italy
Includes:: a double-sided game board the longest yet in the Map Collection series that features Japan on one side & Italy on the other In the Japan half of the expansion some routes are reserved for the Bullet Train network & once such a route is claimed it can be used by all players to complete destination tickets To claim such a route discard a number of cards equal to the length of the route with all the card being the same color then mark the route with a single Bullet Train miniature; instead of scoring points for such a route advance your marker on the separate Bullet Train track as many spaces as the length of this route At the end of the game whoever has contributed the most to this shared project receives the largest bonus with the player who contributes least being penalized This game board also has a small inlay for the Tokyo subway system so players are effectively working on two networks at once You might have a ticket that lists a city outside Tokyo & a station with Tokyo & you need to complete a route from that other city to Tokyo then from the central Tokyo station to that particular subway station In Italy the game board is divided into regions & players score bonus points based on how many regions they connect in their network with three regions Sardegna Sicilia & Puglia counting as two regions in your tally If you have separate networks then you score each one separately The board also introduces a new type of ferry route On this game board all gray routes are ferry routes with these routes having 1-4 spaces marked with a wave symbol To cover a wave symbol you must play a locomotive or a ferry card from your hand (in addition to the other cards needed to claim this route); a ferry card is a special type of card that can be drafted on its own on your turn & it contains two wave symbols so it can be used on its own to cover two symbols on a route The player trains & game cards from Ticket to Ride or Ticket to Ride Europe are needed to play this expansion Players 2-5 Playing time 30-60 mins Ages 8