I think it would have been cool if the Trekking the World board also had country names on it. My kids are terrible at geography and a game like this could really help in a sneaky way. I realize it would make the board busier though...
Thanks for the side by side review Zee! I had always wondered what the differences were between these two. I have the National Parks version, which I'm a big fan of. It seems a little simpler or at least less things to do and possibly less time to play, which I appreciate. I can usually play it back to back, and its a really fun game. I probably won't be purchasing both, but would love to try the other one day.
The cool thing about trekking the national Parks is that the designer's parents raised him in the parks and to lobe going to them. I think the photos used as the "art" for the parks cards are even from his own family. A real passion project. That being said, I think trekking the world improved the gameplay a little bit, and the art is great. I prefer it to the photos in the first game
I have the World KS. It is a very pretty game, something I'm sure I can easily get newer gamers to play. It is not meaty enough to be a feature game on most game nights, but as a light after dinner, breezy relaxing family game it will hit just right. Most won't care to win, content in just admiring the lovely art and facts of the various locations. Maybe even spark talk of potential trips once the world is safer.
They are 4 national park in Puerto Rico and Virgen Islands. American Samoa is not a national park is a common wealth. The designer consider some national parks not all of them.
The New Zealand you see in the Lord of the Rings film is all CGI. None of the landscapes are real. The orcs, however, are very real. They are a real menace there.
@@jasonraber3770 I believe the game is only considering places meeting a specific definition for National Parks. In the case of Idaho, which has 7 different national historic trails, monuments etc, only one (Yellowstone) counts towards this game’s definition of a National Park. Craters of the Moon is considered a National Monument & Preserve and therefore doesn’t count. Source on National Parks: www.nps.gov/state/id/index.htm
