Scandinavia (fan expansion for Ticket to Ride)

Description

--- Unofficial Ticket to Ride fan expansion adds Tourist cards, spanners, bonuses, and new rules to core route-building for maximum points. Key mechanics include: - *Tourist cards* Dealt like tickets with keep/dispose rules; earn values by visiting cities. - *Spanners* Along tracks to help or hinder progress; options in spanner pack, no grey/parallel tracks. - *9 bonuses* Provide extra points for various achievements. - *New rules* Exchange all cards at start (keep new); discard 5/pick 5 as turn; earn extra points; call time at 3 wagons to halt others. - *Core components* Uses US/Europe train pieces/cards; special board maintains basic TTR principles of routes and outwitting opponents. This unofficial fan-made Ticket to Ride expansion follows basic game principles on a special board with unique cards and rules, requiring train pieces and cards from US or Europe base sets. Players aim to score most points by claiming routes and outmaneuvering rivals. Tourist cards, handled identically to tickets in quantity and keep/dispose mechanics, award values for city visits. Spanners on tracks offer aid or obstacles, with supplementary options available, while avoiding grey or parallel tracks. Nine bonuses grant additional points, complemented by innovative rules like fully exchanging starting cards (retaining new ones), discarding five for five new as a turn, extra point opportunities, and prematurely ending at three wagons to block opponents' ticket completions. ---