City Tycoon

RULEBOOK – ENGLISH

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“I can`t stand it any more! All of this horning cars, screaming children, noisy planes are annoying me! Above my wooden house government even build a railway, and every five minutes is sending a train just to irritate me! I`m taking my ailing wife back to the countryside! I`m wondering what convince me to come to this “city of many possibilities”…

Edward Hunington – grandfather with many sons

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“During the last 20 years, our company expanded this small quiet town to metropolis joining together all surroundings and showing its citizen new way of living. Thanks to our company they have many new houses to live, shopping centers and their own airport. Building new theaters, cinemas and founding a museum opened new ways of their cultural development. And that is only the beginning… Our goal is to transform this city into “city of many possibilities”…

John McManaman – financial director of “Dorato Industries”

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In City Tycoon players assume the role of businessmen investing their own capital in expansion of the city. Their main purpose is to increase the standard of living, and thus the happiness of its citizens. They have within reach a whole range of projects that the city council wants to achieve, but which lack the funds. By skillfully selecting plans, using available space and deciding which projects their money should be spent on they will be expanding the city and competing for the title of the most people-friendly company.

During play, the game board is expanded by players laying down tiles, with each tile representing a piece of the city, a district that might need to be provided with electricity or water in exchange for receiving some benefit. Some of the tiles require a supply of luxury goods; others generate them; others give only points of happiness, such as the hospital.

Resources are common, and each of them can be bought by players from power stations and waterworks. These resources, however, are not unlimited and their use must be well planned. Keep in mind, too, that you must pay opponents when transporting raw materials through districts they own.

Game play in City Tycoon passes through four stages, and in each of them the buildings get larger and more impressive while at the same time requiring more resources and giving better benefits. Players quickly notice the relations between them and may choose several possible strategies to develop their investments, for example, focusing on making money, constructing scoring buildings to the exclusion of all else. Each of these strategies has its plusses and minuses, and the actions of other players might force you in new directions.

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RULEBOOK – ENGLISH

 


 

 

 

 

Basic information:

Designer: Hubert Bartos, Łukasz S. Kowal
Artist: Wojciech Rojek, Jakub Babczyński, Jarek Nocoń
Min. age: 14 and up
# of players: 2 - 5
Playing time: 60 - 90 minutes
BoardGameGeek: City Tycoon
Box contents:
  • 168 tokens of districts
  • 125 tokens of companies
  • 85 cubes of resources
  • 80 money tokens
  • score board
  • rulebook
Retail price: 35.00 EUR ( Where to buy? )