2016Phil Walker-Harding
- Videos
- 71
- Creators
- 60
2 - 8 players20 minLight weight

2024Steve Finn, Phil Walker-Harding
Mainly reviews and how-to-play. Cities is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 21 reviews, 16 how-to-play guides, 14 recorded sessions, 10 unboxings, and 4 other videos.
From BoardGameGeek
You've been tasked by the city council to put together a plan to transform a whole neighborhood in the city. You have the opportunity to build new housing, office buildings, parks, and leisure areas near the waterfront. It is in your hands to make the city a better place. Cities is a city-building game in which you draft the best projects and arrange them in your own playing area. With action and resource draft mechanisms, it will give you the opportunity to visit the cities of Sydney, Venice, New York, Barcelona, Rio de Janeiro, Lisbon, Mexico City, and Buenos Aires. Can you design the most magnificent neighborhood? The game is played over eight rounds (or four rounds in a two-player game). Each round, players use their workers to collect 1 scoring card, 1 city tile, 1-2 feature tiles, and 2-4 building pieces. City tiles are made up of park spaces, water spaces, and building spaces. Building pieces are placed on building spaces of the same color to form buildings, which can be 1-4 stories high. Whenever a player fulfills an achievement, they place one of their discs on the achievement board. At the end of the game, players add up the points they have gained from all of their scoring cards and achievements. -description from the publisher
Cities has 65 videos from 53 creators: 21 reviews, 16 how-to-play guides, 14 playthroughs, 10 unboxings and 4 other videos. They date from 2024 to September 2026.
To learn the rules, start with "Cities - How to Play Board Game. Draft your way to the best cities. A tutorial." by Meeple University, which runs 9 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Cities Review: Oh, Won't You Please Take Me Home" by The Dice Tower. 18 creators have reviewed it. To see it played, watch "Rahdo Runs Through►►► Cities" by Rahdo Runs Through, one of 14 playthroughs.
If you like it, try Sushi Go Party!, Bärenpark and Gizmos, also by Phil Walker-Harding, or Herbaceous, also by Steve Finn. It appears in convention videos from Spiel Essen 2024.
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2016Phil Walker-Harding
2 - 8 players20 minLight weight
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2 - 4 players30 - 45 minLight weight
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1 - 4 players15 - 20 minLight weight
2018Phil Walker-Harding
2 - 4 players40 - 50 minMedium weight
From BoardGameGeek:
You've been tasked by the city council to put together a plan to transform a whole neighborhood in the city. You have the opportunity to build new housing, office buildings, parks, and leisure areas near the waterfront. It is in your hands to make the city a better place. Cities is a city-building game in which you draft the best projects and arrange them in your own playing area. With action and resource draft mechanisms, it will give you the opportunity to visit the cities of Sydney, Venice, New York, Barcelona, Rio de Janeiro, Lisbon, Mexico City, and Buenos Aires. Can you design the most magnificent neighborhood? The game is played over eight rounds (or four rounds in a two-player game). Each round, players use their workers to collect 1 scoring card, 1 city tile, 1-2 feature tiles, and 2-4 building pieces. City tiles are made up of park spaces, water spaces, and building spaces. Building pieces are placed on building spaces of the same color to form buildings, which can be 1-4 stories high. Whenever a player fulfills an achievement, they place one of their discs on the achievement board. At the end of the game, players add up the points they have gained from all of their scoring cards and achievements. -description from the publisher
Designers
Steve Finn, Phil Walker-Harding
Artist
Jorge Tabanera Redondo
Publisher
Devir
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