Ticket to Ride's Europe expansion boards next Wednesday

18 Comments by Alexander Sliwinski Jul 23rd 2008 8:30PM
Filed under: Microsoft Xbox 360, Strategy, Casual

XBLA's excellent Ticket to Ride is ready to cross the Atlantic to receive the Europe expansion board next Wednesday. According to developer Playful Entertainment, the new continent will cost 600 MS points ($7.50) and add new gameplay elements like ferries, tunnels and train stations.

In the retail board game world, Ticket to Ride and Ticket to Ride: Europe -- which are sold separately -- would cost over $60, so we're not that sore about getting both on XBLA for $17.50. No word yet if the painfully close red/orange color blending will be fixed on the new board.

Gallery: Ticket to Ride: Europe (XBLA)

Tags: europe-expansion, playful-entertainment, ticket-to-ride, xbla

(Page 1) Reader Comments

Shafnitz: Jul 23rd 2008; 5:30PM

$7.50 seems steep since the full game was $10 and it doesn't seem like it would take much to add a new "board" to the game. Agreed that it's still much cheaper than the board game. The N+ DLC is going to be $2.50 and they're adding 200 new levels. I think that there need to be some standards to the DLC prices.

Chase: Jul 23rd 2008; 8:46PM

I think I'm the only person who bought Ticket to Ride who does not have any issue with the red and orange colors used in the game. I have no trouble discerning either color.

Maybe I just have superpowers?

Nutchos: Jul 23rd 2008; 9:19PM

Yea if those screen shots are anywhere representative of the orange/yellow lines he's talking about then I have absolutely no problem discerning between them.

Pdj79: Jul 23rd 2008; 11:05PM

While I had a little bit of difficulty discerning the two at first, the one issue I have with Ticket to Ride (and this goes for the board game as well) is their insistence on using a color that resembles pink and calling it purple. Seriously, now, its friggin' pink.

FSK405K: Jul 24th 2008; 2:27AM

It's neither pink nor purple. It's a lightish red.

Cheapo: Jul 23rd 2008; 8:50PM

Dammit, the hallmarks of them doing this were all over the first game. They could've released them all at once, but no, they wanted to bleed us.

Microtransactions on an XBLA game? Terrible.

John Z: Jul 23rd 2008; 9:06PM

As if I needed another reason to play Ticket to Ride... seriously, I more eager to play this once my 360 got back from repairs than I was to put Orange Box or Halo 3 in.

Shinobiwan: Jul 23rd 2008; 9:30PM

Now normally I would be opposed to this sort of thing with Live Arcade games, but being a Ticket to Ride fan, with the knowledge that both TtR and TtR Europe combined costs more then $100 retail, then $17.50 seems like a good deal. Also, it doesn't say anything about the USA 1910 Expansion, which I'm guessing will be released later on for 200MSP, bringing the total package to $20. Considering what you get, it's a good deal.

Shinobiwan: Jul 23rd 2008; 9:35PM

Of course if you don't like being nickel and dimed but still want to play some digital TtR, you can pick up the PC Game instead $30 for TtR, TtR Europe, USA 1910 Expansion, and TtR Switzerland. Besides, us PC players need more people to play against online.

The_Punisher: Jul 23rd 2008; 11:17PM

I love TtR, but i refuse to pay $7.50 for one extra map, that's insane. The next one will be $7.50 as well most likely. I'm disappointed...

BIGFAT: Jul 24th 2008; 1:46AM

what is this game about, is it fun?
how do you play?

Saria the Cat: Jul 24th 2008; 2:53AM

There is no way to describe it and make it sound fun but believe me, it is. You basically each have train lines and you build along those multi-colored tracks to fulfill the destinations (cities) you draw as cards. You collect colored cards (pink, red, green, blue, black, etc.) to build these tracks. Four blue cards for a track that has four blue segments. Anyway, just trust me and everyone else I've introduced to the actual physical board game: it is awesome.

BIGFAT: Jul 24th 2008; 3:33AM

i was thinking about buying a Bord game for my next arcade purchase and was looking at ether this or Catan.
I dont know which to buy, but i tried the demo of this and it was very confusing.

And is the single player any good? or is it only fun online.

Edge: Jul 24th 2008; 12:43PM

I recommend Catan to everyone who likes German-style board games. Catan is impeccably balanced and fun, even against CPU players. I'm completely addicted to both games, but I would always advise people to start with Catan, as the end-all-be-all of strategy.

Saria the Cat: Jul 24th 2008; 7:46PM

Ticket to Ride isn't that complicated once you get the hang of it. Settlers of Catan is also a lot of fun but I can't really compare the AI on either game because I never play it single player. Ticket to Ride is definitely set up to play with your friends since you can even use the video chat at the same time and see each other's angry reactions to failing a tunnel build. Did you like the demo of Catan? I guess it just depends on what type of game you'd like more...building trains using colored cards (Ticket to Ride) or building property while farming resources like sheep or wood(Catan)?

Saria the Cat: Jul 24th 2008; 2:51AM

Well, if it makes anyone feel better, we have the Europe board and I feel it's far superior to the American one...We also have the Switzerland, too. And board game expansions (like the Switzerland one) are about $35, so the $7.50 is really not much in comparison. Plus, if you wanted to have both the original American board + the Europe board, you'd have to buy each separately ($40-50) since neither has an expansion version with just the board.

But unlike the actual physical board game, it doesn't cost that much to put up a different virtual map, so I find it a little steep too.

Steve Wallen: Jul 24th 2008; 8:47AM

Maybe if they fix the problem where 30% of the screen is taken up by blank space rather then board, $7.50 won't be that bad. Seriously, I think they may have only play tested it on some really bad CRT sets. I still love the game, but it's such a glaring oversight.

Jeremy: Jul 24th 2008; 9:36AM

I'll be picking this up. $7.50 is actually a steal for what you get. It is basically an entirely different game. Hopefully they'll release the Germany board and the 1910 Expansion for the US board soon.

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