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Underwater Cities

A highly-rated engine-building and worker-placement game. Players represent the world's most powerful nations competing to build the best self-sustaining underwater civilizations to solve global overpopulation
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Brief Description
Develop future cities on the seafloor through politics, production, and science. 1-4 Players | 80-150 Mins | Ages 12+ Features: End Game Bonuses, Hand Management, Income, Network and Route Building, Solo / Solitaire Game, Turn Order: Stat-Based, Worker Placement Theme: Card Game, City Building, Civilization, Industry... Read More

Players

1–4 players

Time to play

90+ minutes

Age

12 years or older / Adults

Game type

Base Game

$13000
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$13499
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Description

Develop future cities on the seafloor through politics, production, and science.

1-4 Players | 80-150 Mins | Ages 12+

Features: End Game Bonuses, Hand Management, Income, Network and Route Building, Solo / Solitaire Game, Turn Order: Stat-Based, Worker Placement

Theme: Card Game, City Building, Civilization, Industry / Manufacturing, Nautical, Science Fiction

In Underwater Cities, which takes about 30-45 minutes per player, players represent the most powerful brains in the world. These brains are nominated due to the overpopulation of Earth to establish the best and most liveable underwater areas possible.

The main principle of the game is card placement. Three coloured cards are placed along the edge of the main board into 3 x 5 slots, which are also coloured. Ideally, players can place cards into slots of the same colour. Then they can take both actions and advantages: the action depicted in the slot on the main board and also the advantage of the card.

Actions and advantages can allow players to intake raw materials; to build and upgrade city domes, tunnels, and production buildings such as farms, desalination devices, and laboratories in their personal underwater area; to move their marker on the initiative track (which is important for player order in the next turn); to activate the player's "A-cards"; and to collect cards, both special ones and basic ones that allow for better decision possibilities during gameplay.

All of the nearly 220 cards — whether special or basic — are divided into four types according to the way and time of use. Underwater areas are planned to be double-sided, giving players many opportunities to achieve VPs and finally win.

AWARDS & HONORS

  • 2021 MinD-Spielepreis Complex Game Winner
  • 2021 MinD-Spielepreis Complex Game Nominee
  • 2020 Kennerspiel des Jahres Recommended
  • 2019 Tric Trac Nominee
  • 2019 JUG Adult Game of the Year Winner
  • 2019 JUG Adult Game of the Year Finalist
  • 2019 Jogo do Ano Nominee
  • 2019 International Gamers Award - General Strategy: Multi-player Nominee
  • 2019 Goblin Magnifico Nominee
  • 2019 Cardboard Republic Tactician Laurel Nominee
  • 2018 Swiss Gamers Award Winner
  • 2018 Swiss Gamers Award Nominee
  • 2018 Meeples' Choice Nominee
  • 2018 Golden Geek Board Game of the Year Nominee
  • 2018 Golden Geek Best Strategy Board Game Nominee

Product Details

INFORMATION

Barcode: 655132005647

Publisher: Rio Grande

Board game mechanics: Area control, Strategy, Worker placement

Color pattern: Multicolor, Geometric

Gameplay skills: Strategic thinking, Tactical decision making, Pattern recognition

Recommended age group: 12 years or older, Adults

Toy game material: Cardboard

DIMENSIONS

Weight: 8320g

Collections

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