Rowan Tree and Red Thread

The Sunday night games gang played Ticket to Ride Europe last night. It was a much more cramped and grumpy game than our last play, with a real snarl of tracks in the Balkans and Asia Minor that seemed to piss everyone off. Whatever way the cards came out, white cards were in short supply for much of the game, and orange didn't seem much better. Oddly the great open spaces of Russia and a lot of the eastern part of the board were empty until the last few turns of the game, which only made the press in central and southern Europe more painful.

It was a pretty tight game, and hinged on the +10 point Longest Route card. sammywol would have won if her track was just slightly less bifurcated. As it was I took the Longest Route card and placed third. More fun that TtR: The Card Game, but also frustrating in a lot of ways.

Final scores alaimacerc 124, sammywol 122, mylescorcoran 121 and irishkate 106.

alaimacerc, bring Funkenschlag next time! I need me some power plant auctions and more network placement frustration.