Ticket to Ride Map Collection 3: The Heart of Africa

Description

--- <TLDR> Ticket to Ride Map Collection 3: The Heart of Africa is a single-sided expansion map for Ticket to Ride, set in Africa's central/southern wilderness, featuring terrain cards to double route values. </TLDR> Key mechanics include: - *Terrain cards*: 45 new cards divided into three types—Desert/Savanna (yellow, orange, red routes), Jungle/Forest (green, blue, purple routes), Mountain/Cliff (black, white, grey routes)—drawn like train cards. - *Route doubling*: Players use matching terrain cards to double the value of claimed routes under specific conditions. - *Map design*: Single-sided vertical format focusing on central and southern Africa's "heart" during era of exploration by adventurers, missionaries, and explorers. - *Compatibility*: Expansion for Ticket to Ride or Ticket to Ride: Europe. Ticket to Ride Map Collection 3: The Heart of Africa serves as a single-sided expansion map for Ticket to Ride or Ticket to Ride: Europe, immersing players in the vast African wilderness at the peak of exploration by intrepid explorers, missionaries, and adventurers. The vertically oriented map emphasizes the central and southern "heart" of the continent and introduces 45 terrain cards across three types, each linked to specific route colors: Desert/Savanna for yellow, orange, and red; Jungle/Forest for green, blue, and purple; and Mountain/Cliff for black, white, and grey. These cards function like train cards, allowing players to draw them and, under certain conditions, deploy them to double the points from claimed routes, enhancing strategic depth within the Ticket to Ride series. ---