Board Game - Ticket to Ride: Heart of Africa (expansion)

Attention! This is an expansion. You will need the base version of "Ticket to Ride: America" or "Ticket to Ride: Europe" to play.

"Heart of Africa" invites you to visit the endless wild lands of Africa at a time when its development reached its peak! In addition to a new game board and new route cards, the expansion also introduces a new type of cards – landscapes. They are divided into 3 types: mountains and rocks, deserts and savannas, jungles and forests. Each player receives one landscape card at the beginning of the game and keeps it face up in front of them. They allow the player to double their victory points for a completed segment, but several conditions must be met for this. Test your luck in new lands! 

About the game
A true railroad magnate must not only strive to create and strengthen their empire but also care about the competitors. It is essential to lay the longest and most efficient routes while also cutting off opponents from important transport hubs. The main thing is to maintain a balance between greed and moderation: long exhausting transfers can indeed bring profit, but many are willing to spend significantly for a quick arrival at the desired destination…

How to play?
At the start, each player receives a route card indicating two cities located at different ends of the map. This card must be kept secret! The goal is to build a railroad between the specified points. To accomplish this grand plan, players are dealt "train" cards of different colors and wild cards depicted as locomotives each turn, and they are also allowed to draw additional route cards and place train cards on the game board to earn victory points. A route can be laid of any possible length, as long as you have enough cards of one color and your opponents do not obstruct you.

When one player's trains start to run out, the game is declared over. All players reveal their hidden routes and calculate the points earned. If the task indicated on the route card is completed, points are added; if it is failed – points are subtracted. And, importantly, the player who laid the longest route receives an additional ten points!

Who won?
When at the end of one player's turn they have 2 or fewer wagons left, the game comes to an end: participants take their last turn and proceed to counting. To the victory points earned for completed segments are added points for the route cards that were completed. If a route is not completed, the player loses the number of points indicated on the card. After all additions and subtractions, the winner is announced – the player who managed to earn the most victory points!

Contents: 
- Game board "Heart of Africa"
- 48 route cards
- 45 landscape cards
- "Traveler" card
- Rules of the expansion

Playtime: 30 to 60 minutes
Number of players: 2 to 5