3/19/2023 0 Comments Suburbia game buyEvery turn from beginning to end, you almost always resolve the same basic action: pick a tile and play a tile. I admire the economy of decisions in the game. It’s strategic yet approachable, it has really nice tactile pieces that form a cohesive theme, it feels rewarding when you make smart decisions, the whole thing usually plays in about an hour, and overall, the game just flows beautifully. Suburbia hits on so many things that I love about board games that it’s hard (though not impossible) to find flaws in the design. Projected Impact on Population (thoughts) If your burrough’s population increases too fast, your income will dry up making it difficult to buy future tiles. There’s a bit of a balancing act in gaining points the population (point) track has several red markers that once passed, you lose an income and a reputation. The rest of your turn plays out by gaining or losing money and points based on your current income and reputation, sliding down remaining market tiles, and drawing a new one from the first available stack. If played correctly, this can make for some dramatic end-game turns. The cost of the investment is the cost of the invested tile plus the additional cost from the discarded one, then BAM! The immediate and ongoing effects of the tile are doubled for the rest of the game. The alternative to playing a tile is placing an investment marker on a city in your burrough and discarding one tile from the market. This makes for real meaty, strategic decisions, yet they are never so complex that you will be overwhelmed. For instance, when you put down a tile that gives you “+1 income for each adjacent office”, that means all current and future adjacent offices will trigger it’s effect. You see, when a tile enters play, you resolve the effects on it, then you resolve the effects of every other tile if applicable. No matter what type: lakes, market, or basic, you pay the listed cost plus the additional cost based on its position in the market, then place it next to another tile in your city so the magic can begin. Basic tiles are available for purchase so long as some are left in the supply, tiles in the market can be purchased face up, or flipped over and used as lakes. Visualize, Realize, and Actualize! (Gameplay)Įach turn you add a new tile to your city or invest in a tile you already own. Both the public and personal goals award points at the end of the game for having the most or least of some element (money, type of city tile, reputation, etc…) public goals can be earned by any player, the personal goals are kept secret and can only be earned by their player. Players each have a player board that forms a border of their city and tracks their income and reputation, then they are given three starting basic tiles, three investment tokens, starting money, and two personal goals keeping one and discarding the other. The first seven tiles of stack A are displayed in the market showing a scale of additional costs, then public goals are drawn. Basic city tiles are set aside face up, and are always available to be purchased. Setup starts by randomly picking city tiles of the three different levels (A, B, and C) and forming face down stacks, with the end of game “one more round” tile being mixed into the middle of stack C. All you have to do is remember to Visualize, Realize, and Actualize!įrom its color pallet to its number crunching, playing Suburbia feels like you are doing research for a slideshow presentation at your next regional business conference, but in a good way! Don’t work for a big business with slideshows and investor meetings? No problem! In less than an hour, Suburbia’s very simple and intuitive gameplay will have you ready to wow your family/housecat/reflection with charts, diagrams, investment options, financial figures, maps, and projected impact on local population and you’ll have fun to boot. How much will this cost? Ten dollars? Ten thousand dollars? Two hundred billion dollars!? NO! Here at PPPTG, we will empower you to build a brighter borough for just a small percentage of your profits. Welcome to “PowerPoint Presentation: The Game”, where you will visualize, realize, and actualize the city of your dreams! You sir, are you ready to take your life to the next level? M’am, are you finally ready to become your own boss? With our tried and true techniques, you will be able to shape your destiny and find a better tomorrow.
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