South Korea (fan expansion for Ticket to Ride)

Description

--- <TLDR> Unofficial Ticket to Ride fan expansion on special board with Tourist cards, spanners, mountain excursions, bonuses, and new rules for strategic scoring and route competition. </TLDR> Key mechanics include: - *Tourist cards* Dealt like tickets with keep/dispose rules; earn values by visiting specific cities. - *Spanners* Along tracks to help or hinder progress; options in spanner pack, no grey or parallel tracks. - *Mountain railway excursions* Provide extra points alongside 9 bonuses. - *New rule options* Exchange all cards at start (keep new ones); discard 5/pick 5 as turn; earn double points; call time at 3 wagons to halt others. - *Core gameplay* Claim routes with trains from base games (US/Europe), outwit opponents for most points. <Initial summary> This unofficial fan-made Ticket to Ride expansion adheres to the base game's principles on a special board featuring unique cards and rules, requiring train pieces and cards from US or Europe editions. Players compete to score the most points by claiming routes and outmaneuvering rivals. Tourist cards, handled identically to tickets in quantity and keep/dispose mechanics, award points for visiting valued cities. Spanners on select tracks offer advantages or obstacles, with supplementary options available separately, while the board omits grey or parallel tracks. Additional scoring arises from mountain railway excursions and nine bonuses. Enhanced rules introduce flexibility, such as exchanging all cards at the start but retaining new draws, discarding five cards to draw five more as a turn, doubling points, and prematurely ending the game at three remaining wagons to disrupt opponents' ticket completions. ---