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Between Two Cities Essential Edition

Between Two Cities is a 30-minute tile-drafting game for 1-7 players in which each tile is part of a city. You work with the player on your left to build... (read more)

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Reviews
mostly positive, 75% of all reviews are favorable
Playtime
30 minutes
Published
2022
Age
14+
Publisher
Stonemaier Games
Players
3 to 7 players
Designers
Ben Rosset, Matthew O'Malley, and Morten Monrad Pedersen
Playstyle
Involved
Game's Categories
City Building, Strategy Game, Tile Placement, Solo / Solitaire Game, Closed Drafting, Set Collection, and Simultaneous Action Selection
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Description

Between Two Cities is a 30-minute tile-drafting game for 1-7 players in which each tile is part of a city. You work with the player on your left to build one city center while simultaneously working with the player on your right to build a second city center. On each turn you select two tiles from your hand, reveal them, then work with your partners to place one of your selected tiles into each of your two cities.

At the end of the game, each city is scored for its architectural grandiosity. Your final score is the lower of the scores of the two cities you helped design, and the player with the highest final score wins the game. To win, you have to share your attention and your devotion equally Between Two Cities.

The Essential Edition combines components from the original game and the Capitals expansion into one cohesive whole. While it features a bigger box than the original game, different art on some tiles, and a scorepad instead of a board, there are no new gameplay elements (i.e., if you own Between Two Cities and the Capitals Expansion, you already have everything).

• Closed Drafting• Highest-Lowest Scoring• Set Collection• Simultaneous Action Selection• Solo / Solitaire Game• Tile Placement

Contents

  • 1 Box (296x296x70mm)
  • 2 Rulebooks (multiplayer and solo)
  • 129 Building Tiles
  • 24 Duplex Tiles
  • 7 City Tokens
  • *
  • 7 Landscape Mats
  • 1 Scorepad
  • 7 District Cards (44x67mm) and 3 tiles
  • 20+ Automa Solo Components
*The rules and box show the Zollverein Mine, but the actual token that ended up in the game is the Colosseum.

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Game's Categories

Genres

  • Strategy Game
  • Solo / Solitaire Game

Theme

  • City Building

Mechanics

  • Tile Placement
  • Set Collection
  • Simultaneous Action Selection
  • Highest-Lowest Scoring
  • Negotiation
  • Closed Drafting

Publishers

  • Stonemaier Games
  • Ghenos Games

Designers

  • Morten Monrad Pedersen
  • Ben Rosset
  • Matthew O'Malley

Artists

  • Christine Santana
  • Laura Bevon
  • Agnieszka Dabrowiecka
  • Ossi Hiekkala
  • Beth Sobel

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