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Black Metro

Black Metro

2024·Emesh De Zoysa

2 - 4 players
60 - 120 min
Heavy weight: Expect a long teach

From BoardGameGeek

Welcome to Black Metro, a dystopian and chaotic city! Black Metro is a strategic area control game where players battle each other to amass the most power and become the next ruler of the dark city. Gather resources to research powerful technologies, build fortifications and upgrade units. Control districts through military strength and dominate your opponents. Gain massive power through syndicate support and mission objectives. Each of the six game rounds has four phases: Assignment, Dominance, Resolution, and Standby Phase. Because Black Metro is akin to a sandbox game, there are various pathways a player can take to ultimately claim victory. Players acquire power throughout the game by dominating districts, fulfilling missions and receiving syndicate backings. Players acquire power at the end of the game based on their total strength, number of researched technologies and stocked resources. Depending on a player's play style, the ratio of where their power comes from, will vary. -description from the publisher

Black Metro

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Learn to play

Black Metro Deep Dive28:38

Black Metro Deep Dive

Absolute Ascendancy

Absolute Ascendancy

Review

Black Metro - Board Game Review. We are fighting for control of the Dark City9:13

Black Metro - Board Game Review. We are fighting for control of the Dark City

BoxedMeeples

BoxedMeeples

Which Black Metro video should I watch?

Black Metro has 3 videos from 3 creators: 1 review and 2 how-to-play guides. They date from 2024 to April 2026.

To learn the rules, start with "Black Metro Deep Dive" by Absolute Ascendancy, which runs 29 min. For a quicker teach, "How to play Black Metro" by JestaThaRogue runs 9 min.

For an opinion before you buy, start with "Black Metro - Board Game Review. We are fighting for control of the Dark City" by BoxedMeeples.

If you like it, try Feya's Swamp, Pest, Paris or Ants, which share several of its mechanics.

All videos

Black Metro - Board Game Review. We are fighting for control of the Dark CityReview9:13

Black Metro - Board Game Review. We are fighting for control of the Dark City

BoxedMeeples

BoxedMeeples

Black Metro Deep DiveHow to play28:38

Black Metro Deep Dive

Absolute Ascendancy

Absolute Ascendancy

How to play Black MetroHow to play8:52

How to play Black Metro

JestaThaRogue

JestaThaRogue

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About Black Metro

From BoardGameGeek:

Welcome to Black Metro, a dystopian and chaotic city! Black Metro is a strategic area control game where players battle each other to amass the most power and become the next ruler of the dark city. Gather resources to research powerful technologies, build fortifications and upgrade units. Control districts through military strength and dominate your opponents. Gain massive power through syndicate support and mission objectives. Each of the six game rounds has four phases: Assignment, Dominance, Resolution, and Standby Phase. Because Black Metro is akin to a sandbox game, there are various pathways a player can take to ultimately claim victory. Players acquire power throughout the game by dominating districts, fulfilling missions and receiving syndicate backings. Players acquire power at the end of the game based on their total strength, number of researched technologies and stocked resources. Depending on a player's play style, the ratio of where their power comes from, will vary. -description from the publisher

Designer

Emesh De Zoysa

Artist

Diego Sanchez

Publisher

Absolute Ascendancy

Categories

Books & NovelsScience Fiction

Mechanics

Area Majority / InfluenceResource ManagementEnd Game BonusesArea Movement
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