Ticket to Ride: Nordic Countries takes you on a Nordic adventure through Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden as you travel to the great northern cities of Copenhagen, Oslo, Helsinki, and Stockholm. This version was initially available only in the Nordic Countries of Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Finland; a worldwide limited-edition release occurred in August 2008 and it has since been kept in print again by Days of Wonder.
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Ticket to Ride: Nordic Countries takes you on a Nordic adventure through Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden as you travel to the great northern cities of Copenhagen, Oslo, Helsinki, and Stockholm. This version was initially available only in the Nordic Countries of Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Finland; a worldwide limited-edition release occurred in August 2008 and it has since been kept in print again by Days of Wonder.
The goal in “Nordic” remains the same as base Ticket to Ride: collect and play cards to place your trains on the board, attempting to connect the different cities on your ticket cards. The map incorporates tunnels from Europe and also has routes containing ferries. Ferries will require a certain number of Locomotives to be played, as well as other cards, in order to be claimed. Locomotives are handled a bit differently as well. On your turn you may take 2 Locomotives if you want, but you can only use them on ferries, tunnels, or the special 9 length route.
Unlike the USA or Europe maps, Nordic is designed for 2-3 players only and has a heavier focus on blocking your opponent and more aggressive play.
Although not an official expansion for this set, Ticket to Ride Map Collection: Volume 5 – United Kingdom & Pennsylvania can be used as an expansion for Nordic Countries, although limited to the three players included in this set. Nordic Countries includes three sets of 40 trains, with 5 spare for each colour; the UK map in Ticket to Ride Map Collection: Volume 5 – United Kingdom & Pennsylvania requires 35 trains and the Pennsylvania map requires 45 trains.
Part of the Ticket to Ride series.
| Ages | 8+ |
|---|---|
| Designer | Alan R. Moon |
| Mechanics | Route/Network Building, Card Drafting, Hand Management, Route / Network Building, Set Collection |
| Publisher | Hobby Japan, Lautapelit.fi, Nordic Games GmbH, Days of Wonder, Edge Entertainment, Rebel |
| Players | 2 Players, 3 Players |
| Play Time | 30m – 60m |
| Theme | Trains |
aforandy
Quite a high rating, maybe because it works as a three-player if not so well as a game. Its not quite so Baldrickianly brainless as TtR, nor as crap as the Europe game, nor as successful designwise as Marklin. Whoever gets the best cards and tickets win will, though its not impossible that one game in five could be determined by player input.
alepsycho
Despite the fact that this game is very restrictive in number of players, it just fit ok for lesser players. Why I rate it more than the Ticket to Ride Europe and Marklin is simply because I had more fun with this game, I think the rules are more condensed and the dynamics of gameplay works really fine with the great adds of rules in tunnels and ferrys that came before in Europe.
akapastorguy
Has a bunch of little rules changes - but confining the game to 2-3 players means those changes don't slow down game play. (And this is a TIGHT map.)