However, I believe I have understood the edge cases and their implications for your question.ДЇirst off, to state the obvious, locomotives can only be played in ferry or tunnel routes or MurmanskвЂ“Lieksa (section Train Car Cards): The rules of Nordic Countries (found on Days of WondersвЂ™ website) are a bit confusing and I admit having to read them more than once. If anyone has all that clear in their head by the time they sit down to play their first game, they have better powers of rulebook comprehension than I do, that's all I can say! Each space can be paid for with a card of the colour chosen to pay for the route, or any FOUR other cards.In the unique case of the grey Murmansk-Lieksa route:.Each space can be paid for ONLY with a card of the appropriate colour.If a route is not marked as a tunnel then:.Each space can be paid for with a locomotive or a card of the colour of the route.Each space not marked with a locomotive symbol can be paid for with a locomotive or a card of the colour of the route (if a grey route, then the colour chosen to pay for the route).Each space marked with a locomotive symbol can be paid for with a locomotive or any THREE other cards (regardless of the colour of the space).If a route is marked with one or more locomotive symbols (i.e.So I think Pat has provided an authoritative answer (which I will no doubt end up accepting), but let me see if I can phrase the (clarified) rules succintly:

can I pay one extra green and three cards of any colour, in place of a locomotive to build my tunnel? I'm inclined to think not, but I just don't know for sure any more! If I had only 4 green cards (and no locos) in my hand. However, our confusion over ferries possibly creates a new question. We've assumed that you can now build your tunnel by adding two cards in any combination of green or locomotive to the initial three greens (i.e., you don't have to match the quality of the cards you flipped, just the quantity). You flip over a green card, a red card, and a locomotive from the deck. You state you're trying to build a tunnel of, for example, 3 green cards. Tunnels I think - I hope - we've gotten pretty much correct.

Our big question arising from these revelations: do these rules stack? That is to say, can I buy this route with 3 red cards and 9 yellow cards? Eighteen assorted cards none of which are locomotives and reds? You could also buy it with 4 red cards and 6 blue cards. So, for instance, you could buy the abovementioned red route with 3 red cards and 3 locomotives, 1 red card and 5 locomotives, or even 6 locomotives.

(b) You can always play an extra locomotive in place of a coloured card. (a) You can always use any 3 cards in place of a locomotive. It seems, though, that there are several fine points to the rules that we hadn't noticed. We'd been playing under the assumption that, to claim this route, you needed to play exactly 4 red cards and 2 locomotives.

Oops!ДЄ ferry is depicted on the board as, e.g., 4 red spaces and 2 more red spaces with locomotive motifs. My wife and I play a lot of Ticket to Ride: Nordic Countries but recently we discovered we'd been playing Ferries incorrectly.

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