City of Iron: Second Edition

Board Game Geek Reviews

1. 8 out of 10

   Clockpunk

   What an improvement over the first edition. Nothing major, just made a lot clearer (and even the addition of names to the different district types makes a difference). Rules a lot clearer and easy to follow... a great civ-building game, that bear the exceptionally high quality of Red Raven Games. For the game itself, it is a little fiddlier than Ryan's other works, but the concept of building two separate decks is truly innovative. I would have liked to have seen perhaps one less land type for each country (to really force the need to expand into new realms). I didn't really like the use of cubes to mark levels of goods initially (I always like separate tokens), but... seeing it as a stocks chart - it does fit the theme. I would have liked a little more variety between the different races (but that it expansion potential), but do like that automated developments are included as standard. Also: the additional scoring conditions on each landscape are a welcome addition. On the whole, an absolutely solid experience - but one should expect nothing less from the designer.

2. 7.5 out of 10

   emperormark

   Ryan Lauket's first major board game and it shows. The art is fantastic, the mechanics solid but unremarkable. The game is good but lacks Ryan's unique touch that would crop up in later games.

3. 8.1 out of 10

   Bahamutho

   Just one play so far. Curious to learn more about the combo ability of certain cards and the (light) deck building in general.