Canal Houses
2024Zach Hoekstra
- Videos
- 7
- Creators
- 7
Mainly reviews. Canal Houses is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 4 reviews and 3 how-to-play guides.
2 - 5 players
20 min
Light weight: Learn it in minutes
From BoardGameGeek
Build the most beautiful Amsterdam canal houses, full of shops, cats, seagulls and tulips in this fun card game! Canal Houses is a light hand drafting game for 2-5 players where you build an idyllic set of canal houses. You build the houses using 'bases', 'floors' and 'roofs'. Each turn, each player simultaneously chooses one card from their hand and builds it, using the rules detailed below. After building their cards, each player passes the remaining three cards to the player on their left. After receiving a new hand of three cards from the player to their right, each player chooses a type of card (base, front, or roof) and draws one card of that type from the corresponding deck into their hand to refresh it to four cards. A completed house consists of a base at the bottom, any number of front cards, and one roof at the top. When building a house, you must build from the bottom-up (starting with a base and ending with a roof).
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Which Canal Houses video should I watch?
Canal Houses has 7 videos from 7 creators: 4 reviews and 3 how-to-play guides. They date from 2024 to June 2026.
To learn the rules, start with "Grachtenpand (NL)" by Nox' Spellenzolder, which runs 9 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Is Bable, Grachtenpand, & TimeZoo for you? A Quick Overview!" by ShelfClutter. 4 creators have reviewed it.
If you like it, try Pact and Thera, also by Zach Hoekstra, or Point City and Spirits of the Forest, which share several of its mechanics.
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About Canal Houses
From BoardGameGeek:
Build the most beautiful Amsterdam canal houses, full of shops, cats, seagulls and tulips in this fun card game! Canal Houses is a light hand drafting game for 2-5 players where you build an idyllic set of canal houses. You build the houses using 'bases', 'floors' and 'roofs'. Each turn, each player simultaneously chooses one card from their hand and builds it, using the rules detailed below. After building their cards, each player passes the remaining three cards to the player on their left. After receiving a new hand of three cards from the player to their right, each player chooses a type of card (base, front, or roof) and draws one card of that type from the corresponding deck into their hand to refresh it to four cards. A completed house consists of a base at the bottom, any number of front cards, and one roof at the top. When building a house, you must build from the bottom-up (starting with a base and ending with a roof).
Designer
Zach Hoekstra
Artist
Jason Gamber
Publisher
Wulfhorn Games
Categories
Card GameCity Building
Mechanics