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2017 Ranked #5,435

Urbino

A semi-abstract city-building game has rivals place houses, palaces, and towers to control districts of a growing town. Moving neutral architects restricts future building sites, making position matter as much as ownership.

Abstract Abstract Strategy City Building Area Majority / Influence Pattern Building

Players

2

Play time

30-45 min

Age

10+

Complexity

2.25/5

Rating

8.07

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 3.7/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 3.8/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

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Urbino is a semi-abstract city-building game played on a 9 by 9 square board. Each player has 18 houses, 6 palaces and 3 towers of their color.

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Urbino is a semi-abstract city-building game played on a 9 by 9 square board. Each player has 18 houses, 6 palaces and 3 towers of their color. Additionally there are two neutral architect figures on the board. On their turn players may reposition one of the architects who look in orthogonal and diagonal directions targeting at spaces where buildings may be placed. There are some building rules which further restrict the placement options. In the end, when there are no more architect moves left, the town is evaluated. The different buildings score one, two or three points in quarters you have the majority. Special monuments like town walls, ducal palaces or cathedrals score twice as many points. The player with the highest score wins. —description from the designer

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Play and group

Players
2
Best with
2
Play time
30–45 min
Age
10+
Complexity
2.3/5
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Credits

Designers

1
Dieter Stein

Artists

1
Ludwig Gerhards

Publishers

1
Clemens Gerhards

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