Ticket to Ride and The End of Legacy Games

Welcome to 2024! We’re kicking off the year with a bit of a dreary video on a much-hyped legacy game that’s left Tom a little cold. Fitting for January, eh? Ticket to Ride: Legends of the West sure plays it safe, in a move that’s perhaps a little disappointing. Find out more by clicking that play button RIGHT NOW xx

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[rowboatcop]

I understand that Tom has chosen to blur out the expansion maps due to an overabundance of caution for spoilers, which I respect, but I also choose to believe its because these maps contain graphic pornography unsuitable for YouTube

[BensonLe]

Even with that preamble I was not prepared to see how quickly Tom ran out of blue....

[AaronBurr]

I can't believe they got the real Thomas the Tank Engine for this review!

[rickbruggen]

Haha, Tom looks so silly and goofy, he looks like a silly goose in a silly costume

[SpySappingMyKeyboard]

I understand that there are icons and rules text on the west of the game board, but I just love the idea that some people are like "what could the rest of this map like" and then be astonished later "*gasp*, it's the US!"

[TestTestubg]

Haha Tom looks so silly and goofy. He looks like a silly goose in a silly costume

[jacobl]

Man, Tom looks so serious and professional. He looks like a serious boardgame gentleman in thematically appropriate attire.

[cshigh]

Never thought I'd see someone wearing trainface in 2024; truly shameful :(

[SanderPastoor]

Throughout most of this review I thought to myself "Of course the legacy elements aren't hugely impactful, this game is aimed at more casual gamers who like Ticket To Ride. They don't want big changes all the time". And then I remembered I played through all of My City with my mom, who may have gotten a little overwhelmed by Cockroach Poker once, but who was just as excited and invested in all the big reveals, twists and changes that My City brought. So maybe Legacy of the West shouldn't have played it safe.

[notveryangery]

Aww, Tom looks so handsome and cool. He looks like a dashing swan in a handsome costume.

[talitek]

Haha, Tom looks so silly and goofy, he looks like a silly goose in a silly costume!

[BrendanPatrickGrace]

This is solely my opinion as someone who finished the entire campaign with my family, parents and brother, who after several years of me trying to get them into modern board games, dove feet first last fall into games. And just for added context, we played the game over the 2023 American holidays with the promo bonus big city markers.

Ticket to Ride Legacy was a good experience for us, we had a good time mainly just sitting around the table and playing the game. Even though there were parts of the game we unlocked we weren’t thrilled about and wanted to play with again, it was mainly about the shared experience. Seeing the game through to the end gives you the experience in my eyes of as each game progresses, ‘oh, well, shoot. Person x made this change to the board and now I’ve got to adapt to that. Ok.’

There seem to be a number of people at least on BGG that didn’t read the contents of the game or simply didn’t know what to do due to missing components (the latter happened on our end). But even with the snafu we had a good time.

I would like to see Days of Wonder and/or any companies that make a game with a legacy component, where the things they add can be crucial to the enjoyment of the game, have a better overall QC process or at least mention how they are going to make sure people see everything correctly. There must be a way to say ‘hey, you should have unlocked components 1, 2345, etc at the end of game 1’.

[The_DorkLord]

I wasn’t ready. He prepared me, yet I still wasn’t ready. I’m sorry, Tom, you silly goose.

[StephenEckman]

"I can't remember what happened in Florida" is our state motto

[Pigeonbane]

As a citizen of the United States, I'd like to thank you for not remembering what happens in Florida.

[JeFreeze]

What this game is is the perfect legacy game to play with my parents, they've been absolutely loving it and wouldn't really be able to manage something that fundamentally changed the game every session. And because they've been loving it so much, I've also been loving it a lot more than I would have liked it if I played with my gamer friends.

The shame to me is that it's so large and pricey for something that should be aimed more at older families than maybe hobbiest gamers. I, as a hobbiest gamer, was willing to spring it as a family christmas present, but I think a lot of the audience that would love this game won't experience it because of that.

[vaffilaffi]

I got this game for Christmas last year. Played through a few rounds, and got totally addicted! I’ve been playing ticket to ride for many years, but felt fatigued due to the similar mechanics of the games, and way too many expansions.

This game felt for me like a breath of fresh air, and even got me interested to try other legacy games!


After watching the Shut Up & Sit Down review of pandemic legacy, I got a good deal of all three games. My board game group is currently halfway through season one, and we are having a really good time!

[daleprather]

My group is having a blast with this game! We can't get enough of it. I'm not looking forward to it being over. So much fun and it's not because of that hit of happy chemicals when we open new boxes. Just a fun experience.

[longdeadchannel]

Emily's mic holding is infectious <3

[azizmandar]

Ticket to Ride Legacy is designed for people who like Original Ticket to Ride. They stay with easy and safe unlocks so those people are less overwhelmed. I feel it does this well. However it is Very Pricey and I find those who have gone past the original Ticket to Ride may get bored quickly with this one. I'm having to push through the last two games because I'm ready for it to be done but the more junior gamers are loving it.