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2018 Ranked #3,205

Carson City: The Card Game

City-development card game where players select profitable parcels, construct buildings, and enlist influential local figures. The best land is contested and placement shapes income, so every choice must make your frontier city more prosperous than its rivals.

Strategy Games American West Card Game Auction/Bidding Tile Placement

Players

1-6

Play time

30-45 min

Age

12+

Complexity

2.19/5

Rating

6.87

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.3/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 3.9/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.7/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

In Carson City: The Card Game, each player is in charge of developing a city. You and your opponents try to choose the most lucrative parcels of land and buildings, then place these parcels and buildings wisely so as to make your city as prosperous as possible.

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In Carson City: The Card Game, each player is in charge of developing a city. You and your opponents try to choose the most lucrative parcels of land and buildings, then place these parcels and buildings wisely so as to make your city as prosperous as possible. You can also win the support and gain the help of the most influential people in the city. Do not ignore your opponents as they will try to make the best moves in your stead, with a blind bidding mechanism determining who goes first in each round.

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Play and group

Players
1–6
Best with
1–6
Play time
30–45 min
Age
12+
Complexity
2.2/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Xavier Georges

Artists

1
Alexandre Roche

Publishers

1
Quined Games

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