Family                 

Alter                    8

Spezial                

Ticket to Ride

Alvin & Dexter Monster Expansion

(Zug um Zug Alvin & Dexter Monster Erweiterung)

Alvin & Dexter is the monster expansion for Ticket to Ride for use with all editions of the game. It contains two figurines and cards for each monster and one bonus card each for Alvin the Alien and Dexter the Dinosaur.

After the basic setting up of the game the player who will play last in a round places Alvin into any city of his choice, then the player on his right places Dexter in any city. Each destination with Alvin or Dexter is a chaos destination and you cannot use tracks that start or end there. Any time in your turn you can play one or two additional engine cards from your hand to draw a monster card from the stack and move this monster. If you play one engine card you move it up to three cities away from its current location, for two engine cards you can move it up to six cities away. The card is laid out face-up and only turned over at the end of your next turn. A monster cannot be moved while a card for it is laying out face-up with any player. You also cannot move both monsters in one turn. When the monster cards are turned over you keep secret how many of them you already own. At the end of the game a destination card with a chaos destination is worth only half, rounded down, also when it is not finished. If you hold most of the Alvin- or Dexter card you score the Alvin or Dexter bonus.

This is a well-made mischievous expansion which forces you to plan ahead. You cannot ignore them, but should try to use them to your best advantage so that you do not have to defend yourself against them. But remember! It is not obligatory to move them.

Spieler         : 2-5

Alter            : ages 8 and up

Dauer           : ca. 45 min

Autor           : Alan R. Moon

Grafik          : Julien Delval

Titel             : Zug um Zug Alvin & Dexter

Preis            : ca. 10,00 Euros

Verlag          : Days of Wonder 2011

                     www.daysofwonder.com

Genre                    : Placement game with railway topic

Zielgruppe             : For families

Mechanismen         : Play engines, move monster

Kommentar:

Expansions for all editions of Ticket to Ride

Only usable with such an edition

Needs new tactical approach

Erfordert neue Taktiken

Bringt etwas Bosheit ins Spiel

Allows some mischief

Vergleichbar:

First such expansion for Ticket to Ride

Zufall                            2

Taktik                  2

Strategie__                 

Kreativität          

Wissen_

Gedächtnis         

Kommunikation  

Interaktion                   2

Geschicklichkeit 

Action