An immensely popular card game, and one praised for its depth of strategy and options, is Race for the Galaxy, by Tom Lehmann. While the game has numerous interesting innovations, the one that piqued my interest was the idea that cards in this game have multiple functions; they can be spent as money, laid to the table as improvements to the player's...
A rich new world has opened up. Resources are plentiful, the economy is booming, and the capital city of this new world is expanding like never before! Even though many corporations scramble to stake a claim in the exploding prosperity, only one can claim ownership! Who will take over the Infinite City? Will you place the capital next to the port, claiming...
A mini expansion for the game Infinite City consisting of 6 new tiles: one Guild Hall tile and 5 Salvage Yard tiles. The Guild Hall adds an end-game bonus for the player(s) controlling it and the Salvage Yard forces more turned over tiles onto the board (plus adds a little more interaction). The Salvage Yard tiles are all similar in design and share the...
You've been charged with tailored development of your city, improve the infrastructure while aiming to be the most successful administrator. Players take turns placing tiles on a 5x5 board after which points are scored according to each players target scoring pad. Player with most victory points emerges as the winning administrator. —description from the...
Inheritance is a City engine building card game, set in the City of Dreams. You take on the role of a person in the city, who was randomly selected to be elevated to the very top of society. The benefactor of the city has granted you infinite wealth and influence, with the opportunity to take it all. In Inheritance, you will play as one of 24 unique...
Objective: Using the detailed street map of greater Ulm region each player is given five companies to be established in the city as close to the centre as possible. With the help of dice and counters, each players chooses where to place, turn or remove company tiles. Once a company is established on the map, the corresponding four 'places worth seeing' are...
In this exciting game each player performs the role of a mayor of a large district of the province of Buenos Aires in Argentina Republic. As such, you must lay out and manage the resources of his district and try to grow as much as you can. Each construction that takes place in the game has its advantages and disadvantages, possible to levy taxes or...
Interrupt is a 2-7 player connection-style game using differently shaped 3d wooden blocks. The objective of the game is to create a continuous connection with one set of blocks that spans the length of the game board. The game board is a modular square; prior to the game players place "terrain" upon the board using neutral blocks. Each player then must...
Investor (sk) is a Slovak remake of games of the "Monopoly" mainstream line. It was created in Slovakia and most of its rules draw from its fathers. It is for 2-6 players, though from 4 up the game is the most enjoyable. Depending on the strategies, alliances and also luck the game can last from an hour to easily more than 2. Distinctions can be made with...
Ionia is a historical board game depicting the first colonization of the ancient Greeks between 12th and 9th century B.C. at the west coast of Minor Asia. The players take the role of the Ionians, Aeolians and Dorians, cross the Aegean Sea, and establish to Minor Asia new cities, build temples, barracks etc. The game ends when the last city on the map...
In this tabletop political strategy game, players compete and co-operate with each other to create a community. Players gain honour by growing and managing their villages, and by interacting with other players. The more honour they gain, the better their position at the Landsmoot, a special democratic assembly where players vote for a Chieftain. Win the...
Irondale is a Pure Card game from Small Box Games. In Irondale, players help to build new structures in the city of Irondale. In this mix of a tile laying and city building game, players build new structures next to prexisting structures. Each building scores points based on what has already been built and/or what it is built next to. Additionally, each...