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Pros
Changes to income are usually in a circle, which matches the cylindrical piece you use to track your current income level on the player-specific board. Changes to reputation are typically in boxes, which again matches the cube that marks your reputati... Read More
The minimum age of 8+ is doable. I'm a gamer, but not a serious gamer, and this one was a little challenging to learn. The first game is always the hardest to learn and we found ourselves pulling out the instructions and tile explanation sheets almost... Read More
You have to balance your income and reputation to build up your city without digging yourself into a cash hole through too fast of population growth. You also have to maintain a stronger growth clip through planning and a bit of luck of which tiles co... Read More
The first expansion (not included) adds a great new mechanic and some extra tiles. Having an understanding of what the terms instant and recurring mean helps a lot when grasping this game. And this really adds a fun mechanic to the game that keeps eac... Read More
For those who have fond memories of the original sim city - this is a hex based sim city, abstracted a bit to work as a boardgame. Where i can't stand cataan or agricola or le havre, this one is a lot of fun.
Cons
This game punishes you for sub-optimal play. This is the first brand new game that has shown up destroyed like this.
The tile playing off the creator's name is an overtly white german sounding residential area. There are a handful of tiles that reward a disproportionate amount of money, reputation, or income and can easily break the game if they are monopolized by a... Read More
Highlights
Quality
All the components feel like they were very well made
The quality of this game is excellent
If you are sticking with go fish and memory best warchthe game before you purchase i
The decision to have rather thick borders as part of the art really breaks the illusion that they all connect as one big city
Price
Great family fun the price was a bit high but the fun was too
The idea that every price played interacts with all other peices can be daunting and confusing until the game suddenly ends and... Read More
If the current player does not opt to purchase the property the premium to the next player drops to 8 making the total price 13
As properties enter the real estate market they begin with a markup that reduces to 0 for each turn passed where the property r... Read More
Shipping
One more thing amazon got it here the day before the earliest arival date
Competitiveness
The game plays differently from other tile placement strategy games and allows for your desired level of individual and competi... Read More
This is a great strategy game that is not as complicated as other german style games like agricola
Thus youll never know if investing in that first airport will really payoff since you dont know if there will be more airports ... Read More
The briefest summary that we use most often during game nights is that suburbia is like a competitive version of simcity but as... Read More
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- Our engine has analyzed and discovered that 74.2% of the reviews are reliable.
- This product had a total of 333 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jan 12 2024.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
But that does not detract from the truly fun aspect of developing your own city while focusing towards achieving the random goal each player gets at the start of the game
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I have not tried the solo game rules
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
We have a house rule where each player must describe how the citizens feel about your urban planning or how the mayor would sell it
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
My attempt at multiple airports was foiled by others but i managed to put in a bunch of casinos to fund seniorcitizenswithgamblingproblems residential districts
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Choose to either concentrate on your own city or pay close attention to your opponents and try to foil theirs
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
But its definitely one for people who can handle a more numbersheavy game
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