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2009 Ranked #16,306

City Of Guilds

An area-influence board game has players represent rival guilds, play action cards, and build control across city districts. Winning depends on gathering enough support from both people and guilds to claim the city after its ruler dies.

Card Game Medieval Area Majority / Influence Variable Player Powers

Players

1-4

Play time

Not listed

Age

8+

Complexity

1.91/5

Rating

6.54

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 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

The Great City of Andalanshar, capital of the nation of Andal, ruled by the great potentate and council of Andals, but controlled by the 6 great guilds. Now the great potentate has died and the council members are all vying to gain control of the city.

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The Great City of Andalanshar, capital of the nation of Andal, ruled by the great potentate and council of Andals, but controlled by the 6 great guilds. Now the great potentate has died and the council members are all vying to gain control of the city. To do this they must gain the support of the people and the guilds... City of Guilds is a board game for 1-4 players, where the players try to gain control of the city by gaining influence in the various districts of the city. They do this by assuming the roles of 1 of the 6 great guilds and by playing action cards. All the necessary files are available in the files section below.

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Play and group

Players
1–4
Best with
2
Play time
30 min
Age
8+
Complexity
1.9/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Andy Oakey

Artists

2
Andy Oakey Todd Sanders

Publishers

2
(Web published) Print & Play Productions

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