![]() Instead of buying a tile, a player can instead invest in one of his current tiles. A this point the make any adjustments (see below) based on the new tile. Once a player purchases a tile, they can place it anywhere in their borough. Players can also take a lake tile at no cost, which can providing a quick, one time infusion of cash. If a player wants one of the other tiles, they have to pay extra based on its position in line. There are always 7 tiles to choose from with the two rightmost tiles only costing their face value. ![]() Take and place one tile or investment marker: A player can buy any tile showing face up in the real estate market by playing the cost on the tile. ![]() Once the game is setup, the start player takes their turn.ġ. For example, the Aquatic Engineer goal is awarded to the player with the most lakes or the Miscreant goal is awarded to the player with the worst reputation. I do like that the titles are thematically named as well. If a player achieves them during the game (either the public or private) they get a sizable population bonus. There will be a number of public goals (based on the amount of players) and each player will get a private goal (a choice from 2 random draws). Once the game is setup, the first thing each player has to do is choose a goal. The further left the tile, the more expensive. How to Play: The real estate market holds the tiles a player can buy each round. It doesn’t have any function during the game other then to mark who got the first turn, but It’s very thematic and Bezier Games went the extra mile by making it a wood piece instead of a cardboard token. This may be helpful for gamers with spacial limitations.įinally, I really like the start player token, a little wooden skyscraper. The two sides was a nice touch because it allows players to either build their borough going down or going up towards the center. Suburbia also comes with a few main boards and a dual sided player board. I also found the artwork to be colorful and thematic, which was a nice touch. With the clever use of colors and symbols players can easily decipher what each tile does and which it affects. Each tile has a lot of information to show and the layout makes it really easy to know what to do when each tile is placed. However, there are a few things included that make the game feel higher quality than your standard tile laying game.įirst, the art and design is really well done in Suburbia. For the most part, that’s what you get in Suburbia. Most of the time you get some well illustrated tiles and maybe a wooden token or two. With a tile laying game, I didn’t have very high expectations for the components in the game. ![]() At that point, players collect any bonuses for achieved goals and the player with the most population is the winner. The game ends somewhat randomly once players get near the end of the third stack of building tiles. Expand too quickly and you will be struggling to keep up with your new found demand. Be careful though, as your borough grows, so do the costs to maintain it. These will aid you with more money to buy future tiles or more people (victory points) for your borough. As you build up your borough, you will gain both income and reputation. What you buy matters as much as where you place it as each tile can affect many other ones in the game, possibly creating some powerful combos. Each turn, you will be buying a tile from the real estate market and placing it anywhere in your borough. In Suburbia, your main goal is to build up your borough as efficiently as possible. Game Overview: Every players starts with the same 3 starting tiles in the same spots. Suburbia plays best with any number of players. Suburbia is an economic and tile placement game for 1-4 players. Is Suburbia a fun, tabletop city builder or should you just stick with Sim city? Ready on to find out! Suburbia tasks players with efficiently running a borough in their collective city. In Suburbia you can run your own city (or at least a portion of it) on your tabletop with no internet connection required (take that EA Games). Well fans of Sim City can be excited with the newest offering from Bezier Games. There was just something so fun about being an urban planner and building up a city from its humble beginnings. I remember spending countless hours of my youth play civil engineer in the hit video game Sim City.
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