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The City (Kickstarter – Architect Pledge)

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  1. 2011. 2-5p, 20m. Tom Lehmann. hand mgt, filler game. It's a stripped down (to bare bones) take on San Juan and RftG... but it ramps up extremely quicly to be a fast filler. Experience is helpful, but luck of the initial draw is significant per my BGG buddies... it's very hard to beat someone who gets a killer initial deal.

  2. 6.5 out of 10

    Really fun engine building filler. I am sure luck of the draw plays a significant role in the outcome, but it has more decision making than you would expect in a 15 minute game. I prefer this to it’s remake Jump Drive for it’s more accessible theme and the greater synergy potential between cards. Very heads down solitaire play though. Keeping track of the income can be a bit annoying to add up all the time, some components to help this would have been nice.

  3. 2.5 out of 10

    The income growth sort of breaks the game. After few turns, you have huge income and with 4 players, pile runs out every turn (20-30 cards per player). Some cards like U-bahn are hard to evaluate for points (you need to count all fountains in your cards and then number of fountains within opponent with most of the fountains). Lot of counting in this game, you need ton constantly know your income and check for >=50 VP's ... also there are many cards that give 1 incomoe or VP per something (so count, count, count ... ). Some cards are overpowered (5x Stadtvilla wins the game if you are lucky to get them, Baukolonne gives quite huge advantage) May be playable with house rules that severely limits the growth and reduces need to count all the stuff again and again.

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In The City, players try to quickly and skillfully build their own city over the rounds, bringing in revenue and victory points (VPs). The cards are both buildings and currency, and the first player to collect 50 victory points wins the game. Victory points are cumulative from round to round, so a fast start yields a big advantage.

Each turn, each player places a card from his hand face down, then all cards are simultaneously revealed. The cards show the buildings that the players want to build that round; building costs are paid for by discarding other cards. Some buildings provide income at the end of the round in the form of new cards, with certain buildings increasing the income provided by others; similarly, some buildings boost the VPs provided by others, with a University, for example, being worth one more VP for each School you have in play.

Certain buildings have symbols on them – car, fountain, shopping cart – and the income and VPs provided by some buildings depends on how many symbols you have in play; the Autobahn, for example, is worth one dollar (i.e., card) and one VP for each car symbol you control.

Ages

10+
Players

2 Players, 3 Players, 4 Players, 5 Players
Play Time

30m – 30m
Designer

Thomas Lehmann
Mechanics

Income, Multi-Use Cards, Race, Tags, Hand Management, Simultaneous Action Selection
Theme

Card Game, City Building
Publisher

999 Games, AMIGO, AURUM, Inc., Eagle-Gryphon Games, G3, Gigamic
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