by Farplace
I hate legacy games. But I love Ticket to Ride. If you feel the same, this review is for you.I have played this game through and reset the whole game.
To do this you need card sleeves, a laminator, some small sticky labels and a phococopier or scanner/printer and some blu tac. And a few small boxes - I use really useful boxes - and a big box to then store the whole kit.
Yes, I know this is an effort of time and some cost in boxes, but I love playing games like this through many times and with different people... so for me, it is worth it.
So, how do I do it? Here are a few spoilers....
1. Instead of punching tickets, I sleeve the cards and use small stickers instead of punching.
2. Instead of sticking new rules in the rule book, I laminate the stickers and use blu tac for them to be temporarily attached to the rule book.
3. Instead of sticking stickers onto the board, I laminate and blu tac.
4. Instead of using a ticker tape, I laminated them all and used a bag / box to draw them from, making sure to have the right number of trains.
5. I rub off the scratch cards, but also copied and laminated them first so I can add new covers to the scratch areas with blu tac at the end of the game.
I have just reset the whole game and am off to introduce it to a new opponent in the next few months.... not so many surprises for me but lots for my opponent here.
And I will do it again and again.
So this is my solution to the annoyance I find from legacy games - I have done it already with My City and Pandemic Legacy Season 1.
This is a stunning game and I feel worth the effort to reset and play again and again.
Happy gaming everyone
Gareth