2024Matthew O'Malley, Ben Rosset
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1 - 4 players30 - 45 minMedium weight

2022Matthew O'Malley, Ben Rosset
Mostly reviews and how-to-play. Between Two Cities Essential Edition is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 4 reviews, 3 how-to-play guides, and 3 unboxings.
From BoardGameGeek
Between Two Cities is a 30-minute tile-drafting game for 1-7 players in which each tile is part of a city. You work with the player on your left to build one city center while simultaneously working with the player on your right to build a second city center. On each turn you select two tiles from your hand, reveal them, then work with your partners to place one of your selected tiles into each of your two cities. At the end of the game, each city is scored for its architectural grandiosity. Your final score is the lower of the scores of the two cities you helped design, and the player with the highest final score wins the game. To win, you have to share your attention and your devotion equally Between Two Cities. The Essential Edition combines components from the original game and the Capitals expansion into one cohesive whole. While it features a bigger box than the original game, different art on some tiles, and a scorepad instead of a board, there are no new gameplay elements (i.e., if you own Between Two Cities and the Capitals Expansion, you already have everything). -description from the publisher
Between Two Cities Essential Edition has 10 videos from 8 creators: 4 reviews, 3 how-to-play guides and 3 unboxings. They date from 2022 to December 2023.
To learn the rules, start with "Between Two Cities (Essential Edition) - Part 1: game set up | JLTEI" by Just Let Terence Explain It, which runs 3 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Jason's Board Game Diagnostics of Between Two Cities Essential Edition" by The Boardgame Mechanics. 4 creators have reviewed it.
If you like it, try Fromage, The Search for Planet X, The Game Makers and Excursions, also by Ben Rosset.
2024Matthew O'Malley, Ben Rosset
1 - 4 players30 - 45 minMedium weight
2020Matthew O'Malley, Ben Rosset
1 - 4 players60 - 75 minMedium weight
From BoardGameGeek:
Between Two Cities is a 30-minute tile-drafting game for 1-7 players in which each tile is part of a city. You work with the player on your left to build one city center while simultaneously working with the player on your right to build a second city center. On each turn you select two tiles from your hand, reveal them, then work with your partners to place one of your selected tiles into each of your two cities. At the end of the game, each city is scored for its architectural grandiosity. Your final score is the lower of the scores of the two cities you helped design, and the player with the highest final score wins the game. To win, you have to share your attention and your devotion equally Between Two Cities. The Essential Edition combines components from the original game and the Capitals expansion into one cohesive whole. While it features a bigger box than the original game, different art on some tiles, and a scorepad instead of a board, there are no new gameplay elements (i.e., if you own Between Two Cities and the Capitals Expansion, you already have everything). -description from the publisher
Designers
Matthew O'Malley, Ben Rosset
Artists
Laura Bevon, Agnieszka Dabrowiecka, Ossi Hiekkala, Beth Sobel
Publisher
Stonemaier Games
Categories
Mechanics