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Hello Oliver! Happy New year! I hope you are well!
Im lucky I managed to get the Europe edition for £23! the maps are more expensive... but I do want anew map!!
The Nordic map was the first TtR I played, and I only played it once! What’s the design flaw, I’m worried that I won’t spot it.
I did get the 1912 expansion that does breath new life in to the game but the French map looks quite difficult because you have to have to put track down, but I don’t know anyone whose played it so I’m not sure if the game play is very different and worth the extra ‘dollar’.
Maybe I should just opt for a different game. @DancefloorTerrorist can you play that with two people, does the timer make the game very short?
Yasi-
I'm very well, thanks! Happy New Year to you, too!
As I said, I won't tell you about the design flaw, as you'll enjoy it less once you know. :) For the record, I do think it's a good map all things considered.
The French map certainly wouldn't be my first choice, but you never know, it might be surprisingly good. For laying down track, Railway Rivals is still the unbeaten best, though.
Oliver Schick
Hey Yasi--Not sure I can give you very good advice--of the expansions, I've played Switzerland, Nordic Countries, Africa, Asia, and UK/Pennsylvania, so I don't know them all. I haven't played France, so can't help you there. Personally, while I don't mind some variant rules, I have to say of those I've played so far I prefer the ones that are reasonably close to the original rules. I think it's a commercial decision for them to vary the rules with every set they sell; I'd much prefer it if they just sold more maps for cheaper, but there you go. (You can draw--nothing stopping you from making your own maps. :) Oh, the good old days of Railway Rivals ...)
I'd base what to get firstly on how many players you can regularly get together. There are some expansions specifically for 2-3 players (Nordic Countries, Switzerland (although neither of those two are that much fun any more once you've figured out their fatal design flaw, which I won't give away--it's not hard to find, though :) ), and one of the Asia maps). The UK is also good for 2-3 (but it has complicated additional rules).
I haven't played India, but you could get India and Switzerland. That looks like an OK set. I'd get it if I didn't already have Switzerland. Switzerland is a good map until you see the problem, worth trying in any case.
On another note, the prices are really quite silly--I saw the World set recently but it was €80. I find €30 for the map sets much too steep, too--but TtR was expensive right from the beginning, so no surprises there. Maybe all games cost this much nowadays--a reflection of demand and the crowded market, I suppose.