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City Builder: Ancient World

Competitive Mode: Players compete to build impressive Monuments and fill their city with incoming settlers. Monuments have unique scoring bonuses that will apply only to the city they are built... (read more)

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Reviews
mixed, 64% of all reviews are favorable
Playtime
30 minutes
Published
2020
Age
8+
Publisher
Inside Up Games
Players
1 to 4 players
Designer
Andrei Filip
Playstyle
Involved
Game's Categories
Strategy Game, City Building, Tile Placement, Solo / Solitaire Game, Ancient Civilization, Cooperative Game, and End Game Bonuses
City Builder: Ancient World preview imageCity Builder: Ancient World
-70%
$29.95
$9.00
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Description

Competitive Mode: Players compete to build impressive Monuments and fill their city with incoming settlers. Monuments have unique scoring bonuses that will apply only to the city they are built in. Claiming settlers unlocks the victory points they are covering on the shared settler tracks.

Cooperative / Solo Mode: The emperor wants to increase the wealth and prestige of his provinces. As a group of magistrates you must work together to ensure your province doesn't displease him. Follow the emperor's Edict and plan carefully to build and fulfill his preferred Monuments, or risk being thrown into the Colosseum.

Contents

  • 60 City Tiles
  • 56 Commoners
  • 20 Nobles
  • 16 Competitive Monuments
  • 11 Cooperative Monuments
  • 12 Starter Tiles
  • 10 Emperor's Edicts
  • 6 Town Squares
  • 4 Settler Tracks
  • 4 Player Aids
  • 1 Active Player Token
  • 1 Draw Bag
  • 1 Removable Tile Tray
  • 1 English Rulebook
Fix to Insert Key: There is a small error on the insert key, on the side of the box bottom. In an earlier insert design we had troughs for the commoners as well. They proved to be too fiddly, and less useful so they were removed. Unfortunately this slipped by our review before the games were published. One of the images in the gallery shows the updated key, in which "E" and "F" have been fixed. Sorry for any confusion, and luckily it will not affect your game play!

Mechanisms:• Cooperative Game

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Game's Categories

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  • Cooperative Game
  • Strategy Game
  • Solo / Solitaire Game

Themes

  • City Building
  • Ancient Civilization

Mechanics

  • Tile Placement
  • End Game Bonuses
  • Tug of War

Publisher

  • Inside Up Games

Designer

  • Andrei Filip

Editor

  • Dan Mansfield

Artists

  • Matt Healey
  • Andrew Dorland

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