Trekking the World

This is a game about traveling the world, buying souvenirs and visiting famous landmarks. 

You have a point to point movement map. Every turn you must move and pay for your movement using cards. You replenish cards at the end of your turn. 

Souvenirs in four colours are scattered around the map (those cubes). Many but not all locations will have one souvenir. When you land on a souvenir, you just pick it up. At the end of the game you score points for sets of souvenirs as well as for having the most in each colour. If you claim the last souvenir on a continent, you gain a bonus. 

The more completed sets of souvenirs you have, the more they score

Visiting landmarks is more challenging. At any time only four landmarks are open to visitors. To visit one, you need to go to the specific location and also spend a specific combination of card colours. You get to claim the landmark card, which means no one else gets to visit it any more. Also a new landmark opens now. 

The game ends when anyone visits his fifth landmark or five continents run out of souvenirs. 

Two special actions offer additional flexibility

Hey, I've been to Ayers Rock!

This is a family friendly game which casual players can pick up easily while experienced gamers will still find interesting. I’ve played the game twice, and I find it a pleasant experience. It has a bit of Ticket To Ride feel. Slightly more complex, but not by much. In my case most of the time I only focused on doing my own thing. It was partly because I did a two player game. So the board was big and competition was low. I imagine with more players there will be tougher competition for the souvenirs, especially if players are nearby, or when they are close in the number of souvenirs they have collected. There will also be more competition for the landmarks. If two players aim for the same landmark, it will be painful for whoever is one step too slow. I think the game will be more fun with more players, because I like a bit of challenge.