You start with a small area containing a residential Suburb, a Community Park and a Heavy Factory. The goal is to build a ‘Suburb’ and have the largest population at the end of the game. It’s quite math-y and won a Mensa award but how does it play? This game is a member of my Board Game Hall of Fame! Suburbia Initial Review June 2013 Since the end of my first play, Suburbia has been one of my Favourites. Suburbia Collectors Edition Ups & Downs Suburbia Rating A community park increases your reputation but the cost to keep it looking nice lowers your income.Ī solid theme and a very good game. (What’s an Airport without a destination?) Building next to a Landfill lowers your reputation. Airports get more valuable the more Airports there are. So Suburbia looks drab and sounds dull but it’s really really good.īalancing your money, income and reputation while keeping on eye on what you have, one eye on what your opponents have and erm… another eye on what’s coming up is challenging yet lots of fun.Įvery turn you move up the Population board and most turns your income drops so you are always thinking about how you can improve what you have and how you can increase your income again. The Highest Population wins but there are 4 tie breakers:Ĥ – Play another game of Suburbia to break the tie, according to the rulebook that is! Suburbia Round-Up In the case of a tie, no player will gain this bonus.Įach player reveals their secret goal in turn order and scores them in the same way with only the owner of the goal able to score points.Įach player gains 1 Population for every $5 they have left. The player who has ‘won’ any of the Goals on the Real Estate market gains that much Population. When the “1 More Round” tile from Stack C is revealed, play goes around to the start player then each player takes 1 last turn. Slide the tiles on the Real Estate Market down to fill the gap and place the next tile from the stack onto the end. Shuffle the goals and place one random goal face up on their space on the Real Estate board and deals 2 face down to each player. Place 4 Heavy Factory, 4 Community Park and 4 Suburb tiles on their spaces on the Real Estate Board. The top 7 tiles form Stack A are placed along the bottom edge of the Real Estate Board. After, do the same for Stack B then C but make sure to place the “Last Turn” tile in Stack C. Shuffle the Stack A tiles depending on the player count and place them on their spot on the Stack board. Place the Population Board, Stack board, Supply board and Real Estate board on the table. Your goal is to have your borough thrive and end up with a greater population than any of your opponents. Use hex-shaped building tiles to add residential, commercial, civic, and industrial areas, as well as special points of interest that provide benefits and take advantage of the resources of nearby towns. Plan, build, and develop a small town into a major metropolis. How to win: Have the largest population Game Description Suburbia is a tile-laying, city building game.
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