Bulgaria (fan expansion for Ticket to Ride)

Description

--- Ticket to Ride variant enhances strategic route-building with special board, Tourist cards, spanners, bullet trains, and new rules for point maximization and player disruption. Key mechanics include: - *Core Ticket to Ride principles* Players claim routes using train pieces and cards from base US/Europe games to score points via tickets and outmaneuver opponents. - *Tourist cards* Additional city-specific cards with point values, dealt like tickets with keep/dispose rules, scored by visiting cities. - *Spanners* Placed along tracks to help or hinder progress; board lacks grey/parallel tracks but includes spanner pack options. - *Bullet train* Usable for extra points. - *Expanded actions* Exchange all cards at start (keep new ones); discard 5/pick 5 as a turn; various extra point opportunities and more. - *Strategic ending* Call game when wagon stock hits 3 trains to prevent opponents from completing tickets. This Ticket to Ride adaptation uses a specialized board, cards, and rules building on base game components (train pieces/cards from US or Europe). Players compete for highest points by claiming routes, completing tickets, visiting Tourist card cities for bonuses, and leveraging spanners, bullet trains, and novel actions like full card exchanges, mid-turn discards/draws, and extra scoring. The board omits grey/parallel tracks but offers spanner options; players can strategically end the game early at 3 trains remaining to block rivals. ---