Ticket to Ride The Heart of Africa Expansion Board Game for Ages 8+

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1. ostelinus Verified Buyer – 20 March 2024

   aggiunge nuove mosse per aumentare la strategia di gioco. assolutamente da avere
   

2. A. Renee Shelfer Verified Buyer – 10 April 2024

   We bought our first Ticket to Ride game for Chrismtas 2011. Since then, we have ordered ALL of the games and additions. My grandson and husband love playing them. The games are made to last……….all of the pieces are sturdy and sealed in zip lock bags for storage. The colors are bright . The cards are thick and coated……..not flimsy to split. The games cost a little more than the average games but they are worth every penny. Where else can you learn geography and stratagy and have so much fun? The games last a maximum of 1 hr. Each game has something different to give them a “twist”. The box isn’t huge – the boards fold twice. A couple of the games have a separate game on each side……..so you get 2 games for the price of one and it makes storing them easy. They are planning a Ticket to Ride marathon during spring break. Our grandson was 9 when we started with the first. He has learned so much about world geography. Nana and Papa highly recommend them!!!
   boardgamesweekly.com makes it easy to order and since joined boardgamesweekly.com Prime………..free shipping. They always arrive ahead of schedule.
   

3. P. Kingsriter Verified Buyer – 11 April 2024

   My family has been playing Ticket to Ride in one form or another for almost a decade. We’ve got USA, Switzerland, India, London (the mini-version), and now Africa. To call us fans would be accurate. I’d lived in Africa as a child, so from a nostalgia standpoint this map had always intrigued me. Sadly, it’s probably the weakest of the series, which was personally next to heartbreak. But when the bar is set so high, it’s hard to be disappointed. First of all, this is an expansion pack — you need a full-version of Ticket to Ride for all the pieces to play. This comes with a map and route cards. The city names reflect old colonial monikers which adds to the historic mood. As always, the material and print quality is spectacular. The attention to detail in the design is gorgeous. The board and cards are built to last. Every Ticket to Ride version has a gimmick and The Heart of Africa is no exception. This time around you have terrain types to consider: Desert/Savanna, Jungle/Forest, and Mountain/Cliff. You can draw terrain cards and spend them like regular route cards, doubling the value of your claimed route. I’ve had games decided by judicious use of terrain cards with bold players reaping big benefits. Sadly, it’s just not as interesting as so many other entries in the series. The traffic jams are the same, and there is potential for some long routes and big scores, but it just hasn’t grabbed our imaginations as much as the others. Not to say it’s not fun… it IS. It’s just that if you’re new to the series I’d recommend checking out some of the other variations first. If you’re a hardcore fan of Ticket to Ride, it’s a worthy addition to your collection.

   

4. Jacob Basmanji Verified Buyer – 2 July 2024

   これは拡張版になるので、ポイントの駒や列車がついていません！
   This is an expansion set! Trains and point markers are not included!
   

5. Kayla Atkinson Verified Buyer – 7 August 2024

   I’m really upset just opened this to play with the kids and there are no trains in the box !!! Just the cards and game board !!! So upset !!!

   

6. Israel G. M. Verified Buyer – 15 February 2025

   Definitivamente los juegos de mesa de Ticket to Ride son de lo mejor, competitivos, familiares, entretenidos y Re jugables. Este tablero es una expansión (solo contiene un tablero con el mapa de África y tarjetas de destino). Para los que ya han jugado Ticket to Ride, y quieran jugar este mapa de África, necesitarán los trenes y tarjetas de vagón de los juegos base, ya sea del Ticket to Ride normal (mapa de Estados Unidos) o el Ticket to Ride Europa.
   El instructivo viene en varios idiomas, incluido el español lo cual se agradece siempre.
   La caja llegó en impecables condiciones.
   Quiero todos los tableros.
   Gran juego, recomendado.
   

7. That Guy Verified Buyer – 20 February 2025

   First off, this is an expansion. You need to have Ticket to Ride US or Europe in order to play this one. Since you are already familiar with those games then this one is pretty much the same. Like all expansion they try to add a little more depth to the game. This one brings with it terrain cards. Similar to the train cards you can pick up you can instead grab a terrain card. These can be used to double the points of a route. It adds more strategy to the game. If you prefer the typical game, the terrain cards can be left in the box.

   The other issue we had playing are with the routes. The colors of them seem to dominate certain sections of the board. Which means at times you are just looking for a bunch of one color and it can take quite a long time to get that color. If they’d spread the colors out more like previous versions it would ease that card drawing frustation.
   

8. Diane Avis de Kock Verified Buyer – 21 February 2025

   A great gift!
   

9. Kyle B. Verified Buyer – 8 March 2025

   We love the original Ticket to Ride and bought this as another option to change it up a little bit here and there. This one is a lot of fun and the terrain cards add another challenging dimension! *Note: This is actually an EXPANSION, and not a stand-alone game. You do need the colored train cards, trains and score markers from the original Ticket to Ride to play.

   

10. Lynn Verified Buyer – 15 March 2025

    I love this series of games — Ticket to Ride. I also have the US version and the Europe version You need one of these to play the African game because you need those game pieces. These are such fun games — once you understand the rules! We actually modify the rules a bit to make it a little less complicated. Lots of fun and laughs.
    

11. Tony Verified Buyer – 21 March 2025

    We’ve been playing a lot of TTR lately, so I decided to buy all of the map collections. This on is another great addition that works very well with two players.

    The Heart of Afria adds terrain cards. You get one terrain card with your for train cards at the beginning of the game, then you can pick them just like you would pick a train card (so you could pick two train cards, two terrain cards, or one of each on your turn). You can spend one matching terrain card to double the points for a route of the same color that is 1-3 long, and two terrain cards to double the points for a route that is 4-6 long. After a few plays it appears there are multiple ways to win (focusing on doubling route points, focusing on tickets, etc.). We were very happy to see this as it is possible that circumstances might be such that you will not be able to double the value of a route every time you want to.

    Otherwise, it has the same luck and more strategy components than TTR USA. In fact, we rarely play the USA map these days… mostly play this one, India and Switzerland, and are looking forward to giving Asia a try.
    

12. MidLander Verified Buyer – 22 March 2025

    I have MANY versions of this game, and this is the best and most played
    

13. Hadiya Verified Buyer – 27 March 2025

    I was so pleasantly surprised by how fun this expansion is. To start, I should clarify that this does NOT expand on the original board game in a way where it extends original gameplay, but it contains a whole new board of new locations (in Africa). There is a small addition to gameplay in the form of “terrain cards” which my family loves and finds more fun than the “train” tracks in the original. As always, the graphics are beautiful. I also love the slim box it came in.. looks nice and sleek. This expansion is super fun and a great addition for any TTR lover!
    

14. Meghan Verified Buyer – 12 April 2025

    This is a great board game! It is legit and so much fun to play!