Ticket to Ride – Map Collection 3: The Heart of Africa

Board Game Geek Reviews

1. 5 out of 10

   bubblepipemedia

   I bought this for my wife so we could play TTR 4 player. This map just has a lot to be desired and it usually irritates people playing it. There's a lot of interesting ideas, but the color coding of the tracks just ends up getting in the way. Often, the game hits a point where everyone is just drawing cards trying to get enough of one color that now seems to be hard to find. While I like the additional score multiplier mechanic, it just confuses most people who are more intro-level gamers. This puts this game squarely at the 'doesn't really please anyone' category.

2. Byrdie

   Yes, it's about colonialism ... but the idea of putting railroads down on an African map makes me happy.

3. 7 out of 10

   cazaron

   The Heart of Africa is intense. It's frustrating when colours don't come up. It's great when you can double large routes and score tonnes of points. The issue with Heart of Africa is that it's too unforgiving. You can wait around the entire game for cards and just not find anything.