2022Ross Arnold, Vladimír Suchý
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1 - 4 players60 - 120 minHeavy weight

2018Vladimír Suchý
Mainly reviews. Underwater Cities is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 36 reviews, 19 how-to-play guides, 4 recorded sessions, 8 unboxings, and 6 other videos.
From BoardGameGeek
In Underwater Cities, which takes about 30-45 minutes per player, players represent the most powerful brains in the world, brains nominated due to the overpopulation of Earth to establish the best and most livable underwater areas possible. The main principle of the game is card placement. Three colored cards are placed along the edge of the main board into 3 x 5 slots, which are also colored. Ideally players can place cards into slots of the same color. 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 five 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.
Underwater Cities has 73 videos from 55 creators: 36 reviews, 19 how-to-play guides, 4 playthroughs, 8 unboxings and 6 other videos. They date from 2018 to December 2025.
To learn the rules, start with "JonGetsGames - Underwater Cities Tutorial & Playthrough" by Getting Games, which runs 2 h 40 min. For a quicker teach, "Pit Stop: Underwater Cities" by The Game Pit (The Game Pit) runs 7 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Underwater Cities - A Gaming Rules! review" by Gaming Rules!. 32 creators have reviewed it. To see it played, watch "Underwater Cities: Solo Playthrough - "Rob Mcdiver" - with Mats" by Boardgames with Niramas, one of 4 playthroughs.
If you like it, try Woodcraft, Evacuation, Praga Caput Regni and Last Will, also by Vladimír Suchý. It appears in convention videos from Spiel Essen 2018.
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2022Ross Arnold, Vladimír Suchý
1 - 4 players60 - 120 minHeavy weight
2023Vladimír Suchý
1 - 4 players60 - 150 minVery heavy weight
2020Vladimír Suchý
1 - 4 players45 - 150 minHeavy weight
From BoardGameGeek:
In Underwater Cities, which takes about 30-45 minutes per player, players represent the most powerful brains in the world, brains nominated due to the overpopulation of Earth to establish the best and most livable underwater areas possible. The main principle of the game is card placement. Three colored cards are placed along the edge of the main board into 3 x 5 slots, which are also colored. Ideally players can place cards into slots of the same color. 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 five 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.
Designer
Vladimír Suchý
Artists
Milan Vavroň, Uildrim
Publisher
Delicious Games
Categories
Mechanics