Barsoom (fan expansion for Ticket to Ride)

Description

--- "Ticket to Ride: Mars" is a fan-made sci-fi expansion on a Burroughs-inspired Mars map, adding explorer cards, challenges, bonuses, and new rules to core route-building for maximum points. Key mechanics include: - *Explorer cards* Dealt like tickets with keep/dispose rules; earn values by visiting specific cities. - *Challenge cards* Provide helpful or hindering effects during play. - *Bonuses* Nine opportunities for extra points. - *New rule options* Exchange all cards at start (keep new ones); discard 5 cards and draw 5 as a turn; earn extra points; additional variants. - *Early game end* Call time when wagon stock hits 3 to prevent opponents completing tickets. - *Core adaptation* Follows basic Ticket to Ride principles on special Mars board, requiring base game trains and cards. Ticket to Ride: Mars is an unofficial, non-commercial fan expansion with Days of Wonder permission, featuring a sci-fi Mars map from Edgar Rice Burroughs' books, cartography by Oberon Zell, and Disney's John Carter. It adheres to core Ticket to Ride gameplay on a custom board with specialized cards and rules, where players score most points by claiming routes and outmaneuvering rivals. Requires train pieces and cards from US or Europe base sets. Introduces explorer cards for city visits (handled like destination tickets), challenge cards that aid or obstruct, and nine bonuses for bonus points. Enhanced rules include starting with full card exchange (retaining new draws), discarding 5 for 5 new as a turn action, extra point opportunities, and calling game end at 3 remaining wagons to block opponents' ticket completions. ---