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1999 Ranked #1,857

Big City

City-building game where developers acquire neighborhood cards and place buildings across an expanding urban map. District choices shape where larger projects can rise, so every block built must support a more valuable city plan.

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Players

2-5

Play time

Not listed

Age

10+

Complexity

2.22/5

Rating

6.86

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.4/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 3.8/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.7/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 3.9/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.6/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

This game, with its really wonderful plastic bits, is about building a city. Players acquire cards in eight different 'neighborhoods' and then use them to lay out buildings either one, two, or three spaces large.

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This game, with its really wonderful plastic bits, is about building a city. Players acquire cards in eight different 'neighborhoods' and then use them to lay out buildings either one, two, or three spaces large. The points they receive for a given building is a base score plus bonuses for the buildings surrounding it. What makes this game really unique is the city hall. Some player must play it (scoring no points for himself) in order for anyone to start placing any structure beyond the simple residences and business.

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Play and group

Players
2–5
Best with
2–4
Play time
60 min
Age
10+
Complexity
2.2/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Franz-Benno Delonge

Artists

1
Franz Vohwinkel

Publishers

1
Goldsieber Spiele