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2012 Ranked #18,503

City Alarm

This team chase game has thieves steal ten money stacks while police race to arrest all four thieves. Alarms can bring in a helicopter to protect buildings, so every robbery risks strengthening the pursuit.

Family Games Children's Game Deduction Area Movement Dice Rolling

Players

2-4

Play time

Not listed

Age

6+

Complexity

1.25/5

Rating

5.81

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 3.9/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.6/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.7/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

The chase is on in the streets of LEGO City! Can the thieves get the money without setting off the alarm, or will the police catch up with them and put them all in jail?

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The chase is on in the streets of LEGO City! Can the thieves get the money without setting off the alarm, or will the police catch up with them and put them all in jail? Everyone must think ahead if they want to win! Players are divided into two teams: police and thieves. The thieves win if they steal all ten stacks of money. This is done by landing on a space next to a building and rolling the die to determine whether they get two stacks of money, set off the alarm allowing the police to deploy the helicopter to protect a building of their choice, or set off the alarm but still get away with one stack of money. The police win if they arrest all four thieves before they manage to get ten stacks of money. Capturing thieves involves landing on the same space as a thief.

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Play and group

Players
2–4
Best with
2–4
Play time
15 min
Age
6+
Complexity
1.3/5
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Credits

Designers

4
Nicolas Assenbrunner Bastiaan Brederode Cephas Howard Jesper C. Nielsen

Artists

4
Tore Magelund Alexandersen Emilie Røndal Nielsen Martin Rathschau Thomas Robert Van der Heiden

Publishers

1
LEGO

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