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Ravensburger Railway Station 60-Piece Children's Puzzle
Ravensburger · Budget
A 60-piece children's jigsaw puzzle from Ravensburger on a railway station theme, recommended by the publisher for age 4 and up.
Ticket to Ride Map Collection 2: India + Switzerland
Days of Wonder · Mid-range
A Ticket to Ride expansion that puts two extra maps in one box: Ian Vincent's India, set in the British Raj, and Alan R. Moon's Switzerland, designed for two or three players.
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Why Railfans Carry It
Both maps lean on railway features you can read in the rules. India adds Ferry routes marked with Locomotive icons, a 10-point Indian Express bonus for the longest continuous path, and Grand Tour bonuses for tickets whose two cities are joined by two separate continuous paths of your own trains. Switzerland brings Tunnel routes, played as in Ticket to Ride Europe, and routes that run out to Austria, France, Italy and Germany: three, four, five and five routes respectively. Locomotive cards on the Swiss map can only be played on Tunnel routes, never on regular ones. The publisher describes Switzerland as a challenge of valleys and mountain passes, and Alan R. Moon says he builds Zurich to Bern first, then draws tickets and extends toward Basel, Geneva and St. Gallen.
In the Field
The India booklet is written for two to four players: only in four-player games can both tracks of a double route be used. The Swiss booklet covers two or three players, with both tracks open only in three-player games. The publisher lists eight years and up and thirty to sixty minutes. On India, each player is dealt four Destination Tickets and keeps at least two. Because the box is an expansion, the booklets list what you must supply from an earlier Ticket to Ride: a reserve of trains with matching scoring markers, 45 per player for India and 40 for Switzerland, and 110 Train Car cards from Ticket to Ride, Ticket to Ride Europe or the USA 1910 expansion. India's booklet counts 58 Destination Tickets and Switzerland's counts 46.
Strengths and Weaknesses
Strengths
- Two complete maps in one box
- Ferry routes and Grand Tour bonuses on the India map
- Tunnel routes and cross-border routes on the Swiss map
- A Swiss map built for two or three players
- Separate rules booklet and tickets for each map
Weaknesses
- Base game parts are not included: the publisher states the base game is required to play
- The Swiss map takes only two or three players
- Rejected Swiss Destination Tickets are removed from the game, so the deck can run out entirely, as the Swiss booklet itself says
- The booklets assume the reader already knows the original rules
Key Specifications
| Specification | Value |
|---|---|
| Age | 8+ |
| Type | Expansion; Ticket to Ride base game required |
| Players | India 2-4; Switzerland 2-3 |
| Designer | Alan R. Moon (India map by Ian Vincent) |
| Play time | 30-60 minutes |
| Publisher | Days of Wonder (Asmodee) |
| Item number | DOW7214 |
| Destination Tickets | India 58; Switzerland 46 |
| Trains per player (from base game) | India 45; Switzerland 40 |
Who It’s For
An adult shopping for someone who already owns Ticket to Ride or Ticket to Ride Europe and wants routes beyond North America. It suits a household that plays with two or three people often, since the Swiss map is limited to that, and one that wants India for up to four.
Alternatives
Map Collection 7: Japan + Italy sits in the same Map Collection line on the publisher's site; its booklets cover two to five players, where the Swiss map stops at three.
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ROKR Prime Steam Express 3D Wooden Puzzle (MC501)
Robotime (ROKR) · Budget
A 308-piece wooden construction kit that builds into a 1:80 scale model of a steam locomotive with a detachable tender, finished at about 12 inches long.
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Ticket to Ride
Days of Wonder · Mid-range
A cross-country train adventure in which players collect and play matching train cards to claim railway routes connecting cities across North America.
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