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Paris: La Cité de la Lumière

Paris: La Cité de la Lumière

2019·José Antonio Abascal Acebo

Videos
7
Creators
6

Mostly unboxings and reviews. Paris: La Cité de la Lumière is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 2 reviews, 1 recorded sessions, 3 unboxings, and 1 other video.

2 players
30 min
Medium weight: Teach it in one sitting

From BoardGameGeek

Paris is a two-player board game by José Antonio Abascal infused with Parisian aesthetics by the boardgame's artist Oriol Hernández. The game is set in late 19th century Paris during the 1889 “Exposition Universelle,” or World's Fair, when public electricity was a hot topic. Electricity spread throughout the city, creating today's beautiful nocturnal Parisian streets and coining Paris's nickname “La Cité de la Lumière” - The City of Light. The most well-lit buildings are admired more highly by passers-by. In the first phase, players can either place tiles or grow their reserve of buildings. The cobblestone tiles are divided into 4 random spaces (their color, their opponents' color, a streetlight or a mixed-color space where either player can build). Then, in the second phase, players build on top of their color or the mixed spaces, in effort to position their buildings as close to as many streetlights as possible. More streetlights solicit more adoration and points. The player with the best lit buildings steals the hearts of Parisian pedestrians and wins the game. -description from the publisher

Paris: La Cité de la Lumière

Watch first

Review

Paris: City of Lights Review - Chairman of the Board4:42

Paris: City of Lights Review - Chairman of the Board

Chairman of the Board

Chairman of the Board

Watch it played

Pour Over - Paris La Cite de la Lumiere27:19

Pour Over - Paris La Cite de la Lumiere

Caffeine and Cardboard

Caffeine and Cardboard

Which Paris: La Cité de la Lumière video should I watch?

Paris: La Cité de la Lumière has 7 videos from 6 creators: 2 reviews, 1 playthrough, 3 unboxings and 1 other video. They date from 2022 to September 2025.

For an opinion before you buy, start with "Paris: City of Lights Review - Chairman of the Board" by Chairman of the Board. To see it played, watch "Pour Over - Paris La Cite de la Lumiere" by Caffeine and Cardboard.

If you like it, try 1980 Sixtina, Paris: Eiffel and Blekoteco, also by José Antonio Abascal Acebo, or Bärenpark, which shares several of its mechanics.

All videos

Paris: City of Lights Review - Chairman of the BoardReview4:42

Paris: City of Lights Review - Chairman of the Board

Chairman of the Board

Chairman of the Board

Paris: La Cité de la Lumière - First Impression Review!Review9:45

Paris: La Cité de la Lumière - First Impression Review!

Nacho Average TableTop

Nacho Average TableTop

Paris: La Cité de la Lumière Board Game UnboxingUnboxing7:44

Paris: La Cité de la Lumière Board Game Unboxing

Gaming Top-Down

Gaming Top-Down

Paris: La Cité de la Lumière - Unboxing!Unboxing6:05

Paris: La Cité de la Lumière - Unboxing!

Nacho Average TableTop

Nacho Average TableTop

Favourite Game Friday - Our favorite Polyomino board games4:39

Favourite Game Friday - Our favorite Polyomino board games

BoxedMeeples

BoxedMeeples

UNBOXING in 1 minuteUnboxing1:19

UNBOXING in 1 minute

POD VÍKEM

POD VÍKEM

Pour Over - Paris La Cite de la LumierePlaythrough27:19

Pour Over - Paris La Cite de la Lumiere

Caffeine and Cardboard

Caffeine and Cardboard

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Nacho Average TableTop
Nacho Average TableTop
2 videos of this game
BoxedMeeples
BoxedMeeples
1 video of this game
Caffeine and Cardboard
Caffeine and Cardboard
1 video of this game
Chairman of the Board
Chairman of the Board
1 video of this game
Gaming Top-Down
Gaming Top-Down
1 video of this game
POD VÍKEM
POD VÍKEM
1 video of this game

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About Paris: La Cité de la Lumière

From BoardGameGeek:

Paris is a two-player board game by José Antonio Abascal infused with Parisian aesthetics by the boardgame's artist Oriol Hernández. The game is set in late 19th century Paris during the 1889 “Exposition Universelle,” or World's Fair, when public electricity was a hot topic. Electricity spread throughout the city, creating today's beautiful nocturnal Parisian streets and coining Paris's nickname “La Cité de la Lumière” - The City of Light. The most well-lit buildings are admired more highly by passers-by. In the first phase, players can either place tiles or grow their reserve of buildings. The cobblestone tiles are divided into 4 random spaces (their color, their opponents' color, a streetlight or a mixed-color space where either player can build). Then, in the second phase, players build on top of their color or the mixed spaces, in effort to position their buildings as close to as many streetlights as possible. More streetlights solicit more adoration and points. The player with the best lit buildings steals the hearts of Parisian pedestrians and wins the game. -description from the publisher

Designer

José Antonio Abascal Acebo

Artist

Oriol Hernández

Publisher

Devir

Categories

Abstract StrategyPuzzleTerritory Building

Mechanics

Action SelectionPattern BuildingModular Board & Variable SetupDrafting
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