Editing Ticket to Ride (board game) (section)

===9) ''Ticket to Ride Legacy: Legends of the West''===
<ul>See also: ''{{ill|Ticket to Ride Legacy: Legends of the West|de|Zug um Zug Legacy: Legenden des Westens}}''</ul>

On 30 May 2023,<ref name="release-date_gaming-trend_2023">{{Cite news|title=Ticket to Rise Legacy: Legends of the West announced, features a 12-part campaign|first=Richard|last=Allen|date=30 May 2023|language=en|website=Gaming Trend (gamingtrend.com)|url=https://gamingtrend.com/news/ticket-to-rise-legacy-legends-of-the-west-announced-features-a-12-part-campaign|access-date=21 January 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240121072523/https://gamingtrend.com/news/ticket-to-rise-legacy-legends-of-the-west-announced-features-a-12-part-campaign|archive-date=21 January 2024|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="foreshadowed_facebook_2023">{{cite web|title=Mark your calendars! {{!}} Ticket to Ride Legacy Legends of the West launches on 3 November!|publisher=[[Days of Wonder]] (www.daysofwonder.com)|date=30 May 2023|language=en|via=Facebook (www.facebook.com)|url=https://www.facebook.com/daysofwonder/posts/pfbid0ogcPTbW37jk4Kapz4xBvihWbzGR1oaQamTVo7MFbdcSTaa3T5VQutMJN9YyDdoiTl|access-date=17 January 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240121124428/https://www.facebook.com/daysofwonder/posts/pfbid0ogcPTbW37jk4Kapz4xBvihWbzGR1oaQamTVo7MFbdcSTaa3T5VQutMJN9YyDdoiTl|archive-date=21 January 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> Days of Wonder and [[Asmodee]] announced the release of this version on 3 November 2023.<ref name="release-date_gaming-trend_2023"/><ref name="release_icv2_2023">{{Cite news|title='Ticket to ride' becomes 'legends of the west' {{!}} New 'legacy' version of the game|first=William|last=Niebling|date=30 May 2023|language=en|website=[[ICv2]] (www.icv2.com)|url=https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/54228/ticket-ride-becomes-legends-west|access-date=12 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231001215626/https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/54228/ticket-ride-becomes-legends-west|archive-date=1 October 2023|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="release_facebook_2023">{{cite web|title=Now available!|via=Facebook (www.facebook.com)|publisher=[[Days of Wonder]] (www.daysofwonder.com)|date=3 November 2023|language=en|url=https://www.facebook.com/daysofwonder/posts/pfbid0zKku879ZAzodSvjdVFFE9ayVKaNxAMtC8K4DqwrpGNNYREcXU7cHoocGeEq6V96Rl|access-date=17 January 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240121130353/https://www.facebook.com/daysofwonder/posts/pfbid0zKku879ZAzodSvjdVFFE9ayVKaNxAMtC8K4DqwrpGNNYREcXU7cHoocGeEq6V96Rl|archive-date=21 January 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> The game was premiered via a demonstration at [[Gen Con]] (3–6 August 2023)<ref name="premier_gen-con_2023">{{cite web|title=Gen Con Indy 2023: August 3–6{{!}}Indiana Convention Center{{!}}Indianapolis, IN|website=[[Gen Con]] (www.gencon.com)|language=en|url=https://www.gencon.com/indy|access-date=17 January 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230803023147/https://www.gencon.com/indy|archive-date=3 August 2023|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="premier_facebook_2023">{{cite web|title=This year, join us from August 3rd to 6th at Gen Con, one of the biggest US events!|date=28 July 2023|via=Facebook (www.Facebook.com)|publisher=Days of Wonder (www.daysofwonder.com)|language=en|url=https://www.facebook.com/daysofwonder/posts/pfbid02R6kCNWsQBHnnbysBXsHsdjtff7hvNnZZQwarPPemuKHXQTfMEKHJ5zduNJLFHHPwl|access-date=18 March 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240318134931/https://www.facebook.com/daysofwonder/posts/pfbid02R6kCNWsQBHnnbysBXsHsdjtff7hvNnZZQwarPPemuKHXQTfMEKHJ5zduNJLFHHPwl|archive-date=18 March 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> and received a pre-release at the Days of Wonder booth (Hall 6, D200) at [[Spiel#Spiel '23|Spiel '23]] in [[Essen]] (Germany)<ref name="essen-legends_facebook(dow)_2023">{{cite web|title=Essen 2023 is coming up! J-4|via=Facebook|date=3 October 2023|publisher=[[Days of Wonder]] (www.daysofwonder.com)|language=en|url=https://www.facebook.com/daysofwonder/posts/pfbid0yuw1QNcDjDCBvGSy1Bv4UsVE2nb8yocRmgpP4GEa7VCV6P8eeDeqCKkhmZw48NKZl|access-date=1 July 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240701093053/https://www.facebook.com/daysofwonder/posts/pfbid0yuw1QNcDjDCBvGSy1Bv4UsVE2nb8yocRmgpP4GEa7VCV6P8eeDeqCKkhmZw48NKZl|archive-date=1 July 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> before being launched as scheduled in selected retailers and the Asmodee official store, at a [[List price|manufacturer's suggested retail price]] of $119.99 (US).<ref name="release-date_gaming-trend_2023"/><ref name="game-details_toy-book_2023"/><ref name="release_icv2_2023"/> This version was designed by [[Alan R. Moon]] (''Ticket to Ride''), [[Matt Leacock]] (''[[Pandemic (board game)|Pandemic]]''), and [[Rob Daviau]] (''[[Pandemic Legacy]]'').<ref name="release-date_gaming-trend_2023"/><ref name="release_icv2_2023"/><ref name="controversy_wargamer_2023"/> The recommendation is that it is played with 2–5 players, who are aged 10 or older, for a game lasting between 20 and 90 minutes.<ref name="game-details_days-of-woder_current(2024)">{{cite web|title=Ticket to Ride Legacy{{!}}Legends of the West|website=[[Days of Wonder]] (www.daysofwonder.com)|language=en|url=https://www.daysofwonder.com/ticket-to-ride/legacy-legends-of-the-west|access-date=17 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240104084235/https://www.daysofwonder.com/ticket-to-ride/legacy-legends-of-the-west|archive-date=4 January 2024|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="release-date_gaming-trend_2023"/><ref name="release_icv2_2023"/>

This version adapts of the original ''Ticket to Ride'' concept to the [[Legacy (role-playing game)|legacy]] format, i.e. a campaign board game where new content is gradually unlocked, through sealed boxes and envelopes, not only permanently changing the state of the game during play, thus altering the story as it unfolds, but also, permanently transforming the entire game into a unique version, depending on the outcomes of the previous games played.<ref name="game-details_npr_2023">{{Cite news|title='Disney Lorcana: Rise of the Floodborn' and more new board games, reviewed|first=James Perkins|last=Mastromarino|date=13 November 2023|language=en|website=[[NPR]] (www.npr.org)|url=https://www.npr.org/2023/11/13/1212290829/disney-lorcana-rise-of-the-floodborn-descent-ticket-to-ride-legacy-board-games|access-date=12 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231128042236/https://www.npr.org/2023/11/13/1212290829/disney-lorcana-rise-of-the-floodborn-descent-ticket-to-ride-legacy-board-games|archive-date=28 November 2023|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="game-details_days-of-woder_current(2024)"/><ref name="controversy_wargamer_2023"/><ref name="release-date_gaming-trend_2023"/> Matt Thrower (''[[IGN]]''), commenting on its legacy structure, wrote "The fashion has moved on to more “resettable" campaigns, but ''Ticket to Ride: Legacy'' sees you making permanent changes, resulting in a version of the game that's unique to you. While it's good to see this back, those changes feel less personal than they did in the earliest legacy games, and some of the mini-games are gone forever once they're over. So it's questionable how often your group might continue playing once the twelve games are up."<ref name="review_ign_2023"/>

This version is a standalone game containing 13 frontier boards, in the form of 13 [[Jigsaw puzzle|jigsaw]] pieces (five of which make up your starting game board), which are unlocked gradually by completing the 12 games of this ''Ticket to Ride'' version<ref name="controversy_wargamer_2023"/> During this version's 12 stages, players must complete tickets and build their fortune as they go from east to west in 19th—century America,<ref name="game-details_toy-book_2023">{{Cite news|title=Ticket to Ride Meets the Wild West in New Edition{{!}}Ticket to Ride is headed west.|first=Ashley|last=Pelletier|date=30 May 2023|language=en|website=Toy Book (www.toybook.com)|url=https://toybook.com/ticket-to-ride-legacy-legends-of-the-west-launch|access-date=12 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602072039/https://toybook.com/ticket-to-ride-legacy-legends-of-the-west-launch|archive-date=2 June 2023|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="controversy_wargamer_2023"/><ref name="release-date_gaming-trend_2023"/><ref name="release_icv2_2023"/> successfully managing their own North American [[Rail transport company|railway company]] through various campaign adventures. This version uses the original basic rules, with the following additional rules specific to this version:

* Money is earned, rather than points, and there are no default dollars in claiming routes like the original, with each player getting two points every time they build a route matching their player colour,<ref name="game-details_npr_2023"/><ref name="review_ign_2023"/> and a bonus card if one of the cities connected has a large city icon (a small bonus to players who have completed tickets early).<ref name="review_ign_2023"/>
* There exist both a story deck and a postcard deck; with the former containing cards that are read out before and after each game in the series, offering a faux-historical narrative framework and occasionally setting new rules to incorporate into the game;<ref name="review_ign_2023"/> and the latter being collected after the first game by completing certain tickets, offering rewards, to the player that owns it, if the specified objective has been achieved.<ref name="review_ign_2023"/><ref name="game-details_npr_2023"/>
* The train deck has several newspaper cards, shuffled into the train deck, resulting in a revealed event when drawn.<ref name="review_ign_2023"/><ref name="controversy_wargamer_2023"/>

Adrien Martinot (''Days of Wonder'' Game Line Manager), when describing the game, said “With Legends of the West, each game is different, with the story unfolding one layer at a time. New rules and game elements will punctuate this unique play experience, rife with unexpected events and cunning rivals.”<ref name="game-details_toy-book_2023"/><ref name="release-date_gaming-trend_2023"/> The game creators noted that they deliberately omitted the real-world exploitation of Native Americans and railroad workers, stating that "We found no way to include [these aspects] within the lighter theme of the game", urging players to research the history in their own time.<ref name="controversy_wargamer_2023">{{Cite news|title=Ticket to Ride Legacy review – right on track|first=Mollie|last=Russell|date=November 2023|language=en|website=[[Wargamer (website)|Wargamer]] (www.wargamer.com)|url=https://www.wargamer.com/ticket-to-ride-legacy/review|access-date=12 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231115180707/https://www.wargamer.com/ticket-to-ride-legacy/review|archive-date=15 November 2023|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="game-details_npr_2023"/>

'''Reception''' – The game received largely positive reviews. Matt Thrower (''[[IGN]]''), while giving the game a 9 out of 10, wrote "A triumphant new turn on an aging series, proving there's good mileage in this old rolling stock yet. There's more than enough novelty here to thrill fans of the franchise without overwhelming less dedicated players, although if you want in, you'll need to commit to the campaign's duration."<ref name="review_ign_2023">{{Cite news|title=Ticket to Ride Legacy: Legends of the West Board Game Review|first=Matt|last=Thrower|date=2 November 2023|language=en|website=[[IGN]] (www.ign.com)|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/ticket-to-ride-legacy-legends-of-the-west-board-game-review|access-date=12 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231115180707/https://www.wargamer.com/ticket-to-ride-legacy/review|archive-date=15 November 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> Mollie Russell (''[[Wargamer (website)|Wargamer]]''), while also giving the game a 9 out of 10, wrote "''Ticket to Ride Legacy'' is a game that feels great, even if the storytelling doesn't back its theme up. The simple concept of the original game translates well to a campaign-based experience, and there are enough treats and surprises to engage a legacy fan of any experience level."<ref name="controversy_wargamer_2023"/>

This version was nominated for the following honours:

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|+ Accolades
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! Award
! Date
! Category
! Result
! Ref
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| Board Game Quest Awards
| style="text-align: center;"| 2024
| Game of the Year
| {{Runner-up|2nd place}} 
| <ref name="board-game-quest-awards_board-game-quest_2023">{{cite web|title=2023 Board Game Award Winners|website=Board Game Quest (www.boardgamequest.com)|date=19 April 2024|first=Tony|last=Mastrangeli|language=en|url=https://www.boardgamequest.com/2023-board-game-award-winners|access-date=9 December 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20241209073941/https://www.boardgamequest.com/2023-board-game-award-winners|archive-date=9 December 2024|url-status=live|df=dmy}}</ref>
|-

| [[Spiel des Jahres|Game of the Year (Germany)]] – Spiel des Jahres
| style="text-align: center;"| 2024
| Connoisseur Game of the Year - (Kennerspiel des Jahres) 
| {{nom}} 
|<ref name="legends-awards_spiel-des-jahres_2024">{{Cite web|title=Nominated for Kennerspiel des Jahres 2024|website=Speil des Jahres (www.spiel-des-jahres.de)|url=https://www.spiel-des-jahres.de/en/award-winners-2024|language=en|access-date=22 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240618160119/https://www.spiel-des-jahres.de/en/award-winners-2024|archive-date=18 June 2024|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="legends-awards_facebook(asmodee)_2024">{{cite web|title=Awesome news from #SpielDesJahres!|via=Facebook|date=13 June 2024|publisher=[[Asmodee]] (www.asmodee.com)|language=en|url=https://www.facebook.com/asmodeegames/posts/pfbid02zQycqwiCgn4knPSsV7xVmJNSQ6W4EixeYWmmyEfu8uR48enQK9Ug9sYX6a1AUKAAl|access-date=25 June 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240625130622/https://www.facebook.com/asmodeegames/posts/pfbid02zQycqwiCgn4knPSsV7xVmJNSQ6W4EixeYWmmyEfu8uR48enQK9Ug9sYX6a1AUKAAl|archive-date=25 June 2024|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="legend-awards_facebook(dow)_2024">{{cite web|title=Ticket to Ride Legacy: Legends of the West! is nominated for the KennerSpiel des Jahres! News that makes us want to get our locomotives roaring!|via=Facebook|date=12 June 2024|publisher=[[Days of Wonder]] (www.wonder.com)|language=en|url=https://www.facebook.com/daysofwonder/posts/pfbid02D7ATEavE6oPsSASsYLn5kJhrsHvtYH8i9tTxVninYh3ar4fi9yNZ8cjLzo7H5atNl|access-date=25 June 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240625141434/https://www.facebook.com/daysofwonder/posts/pfbid02D7ATEavE6oPsSASsYLn5kJhrsHvtYH8i9tTxVninYh3ar4fi9yNZ8cjLzo7H5atNl|archive-date=25 June 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-

| Geek Media Awards 
| style="text-align: center;"| 2024
| Family Game of the Year
| {{nom}} 
| <ref name="geek-media-award_bgg_current(2023)a">{{cite web|title=2024 Geek Media Awards -> Nominees|website=BoardGameGeek (www.boardgamegeek.com)|language=en|url=https://boardgamegeek.com/awardset/106682/2024-geek-media-awards|access-date=10 December 2024|archive-url=https://ia600603.us.archive.org/9/items/geek-media-awards-nominees_bbg_2024/geek-media-awards-nominees_bbg_2024.pdf|archive-date=10 December 2024|url-status=live|df=dmy}}</ref><ref name="geek-media-award_bgg_current(2023)b">{{cite web|title=2024 Geek Media Awards -> Winners|website=BoardGameGeek (www.boardgamegeek.com)|language=en|url=https://boardgamegeek.com/awardset/106682/2024-geek-media-awards|access-date=10 December 2024|archive-url=https://ia600105.us.archive.org/32/items/geek-media-awards-winners_bbg_2024/geek-media-awards-winners_bbg_2024.pdf|archive-date=10 December 2024|url-status=live|df=dmy}}</ref>
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|-

| rowspan=2 | Golden Geek 
| style="text-align: center;"| 2023
| Most Innovative Board Game
| {{nom}} 
| <ref name="golden-geek-award_bgg_2023a">{{Cite news|title=2023 Golden Geek Awards|language=en|website=BoardGameGeek (www.boardgamegeek.com)|url=https://boardgamegeek.com/awardset/103907/2023-golden-geek-awards|access-date=10 December 2024|archive-url=https://ia600605.us.archive.org/28/items/golden-geek-awards-nominees_bbg_2023/golden-geek-awards-nominees_bbg_2023.pdf|archive-date=10 December 2024|url-status=live|df=dmy}}</ref><ref name="golden-geek-award_bgg_2023b">{{Cite news|title=2023 Golden Geek Awards|language=en|website=BoardGameGeek (www.boardgamegeek.com)|url=https://boardgamegeek.com/awardset/103907/2023-golden-geek-awards|access-date=10 December 2024|archive-url=https://ia600308.us.archive.org/5/items/golden-geek-awards-winners_bbg_2023/golden-geek-awards-winners_bbg_2023.pdf|archive-date=10 December 2024|url-status=live|df=dmy}}</ref>
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| style="text-align: center;"| 2023
| Medium Game of the Year
| {{nom}} 
| <ref name="golden-geek-award_bgg_2023a"/><ref name="golden-geek-award_bgg_2023b"/><ref name="golden-geek-award_opinionated-gamer_2024">{{cite web|title=Golden Geek Nominations for 2023 Announced|website=Opinionated Gamer (www.opinionatedgamers.com)|date=23 April 2024|author=HuzonFirst|language=en|url=https://opinionatedgamers.com/2024/04/23/golden-geek-nominations-for-2023-announced/|access-date=9 December 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20241209102519/https://opinionatedgamers.com/2024/04/23/golden-geek-nominations-for-2023-announced/|archive-date=9 December 2024|url-status=live|df=dmy}}</ref>
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|-

| {{ill|Meeples' Choice Award|de|Meeples' Choice Award}}
| style="text-align: center;"| 2023
| Three best games of the year
| {{nom}} 
| <ref name="meeple-awards_opininated-gamer_2023">{{cite web|title=2023 Meeples Choice Awards Nominees Announced|website=Opinionated Gamers (www.opinionatedgamers.com)|date=14 June 2024|author=HuzonFirst|language=en|url=https://opinionatedgamers.com/2024/06/14/2023-meeples-choice-awards-nominees-announced|access-date=21 January 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240622234906/https://opinionatedgamers.com/2024/06/14/2023-meeples-choice-awards-nominees-announced|archive-date=22 June 2024|url-status=live|df=dmy}}</ref>
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