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Players
1–4 players
Time to play
90+ minutes
Age
12 years or older / Adults
Game type
Base Game
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Underwater Cities
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.
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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
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