Ticket to Ride: UK
By Neilie Johnson,
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Thin map expansion not very large, runs slightly off rails.
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What’s It About?
TICKET TO RIDE: UK takes the original game to Merry Old England and changes gameplay with new Technology cards. These new cards provide a new layer of strategy, as players often can't lay track without first buying the appropriate Technology card for that route. Technology cards are purchased with colored train cards, thus forcing players to choose between spending their cards on easier, non-Tech-dependent routes or higher-value Tech-related ones. Players must also purchase regional permits when building tracks leading toward neighboring countries.
Is It Any Good?
Though $4.99 isn't much to spend on an expansion, it seems like a lot when you consider how little it changes the basic gameplay. The UK map, while providing a fresh network of possible routes to dominate, doesn't change things up enough to make things feel significantly different from the base game. Sure, it takes some finesse to decide when or if to spend your train cards on Technology, but one more layer of choice just isn't enough to justify asking players to pay so much more. (For reference, other map expansions range from $.99 to $1.99.) As with the free-to-play base game, Ticket to Ride: UK more or less requires you to buy additional maps; it's just not enough on its own.
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App Details
- Devices: iPhone , iPod Touch , iPad , Android
- Pricing structure: Paid (Contains optional in-app purchases.)
- Release date: June 15, 2013
- Category: Strategy Games
- Topics: Trains
- Publisher: Asmodee Digital
- Version: 2.5.0
- Minimum software requirements: Requires iOS 6.0 or later; Android 4.0.3 and up
- Last updated: February 18, 2020
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