2022David Abelson, Alex Johns
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- 36
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Mainly reviews
2 - 4 players30 - 60 minMedium weight
Concrete Canvas
2026David Abelson
- Videos
- 5
- Creators
- 5
Mainly how-to-play. Concrete Canvas is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 1 reviews, 2 how-to-play guides, 1 recorded sessions, and 1 other video.
2 - 4 players
30 - 45 min
Medium weight: Teach it in one sitting
From BoardGameGeek
Move stealthily around the city, collecting Rattlecans (Spray Paint) and using them to create paintings, while placing your “stickers” on walls in each borough of New York City as you go. Earn street cred for your paintings and for being the most iconic artist in each borough. If you have the most Street Cred when one player gets caught (runs out of legal moves) you win! On their turn, a player may either move or paint. To move, one of their two characters must move to an adjacent borough tile, and either up or down one subway line. For example, if the player's character pawn is currently on the 2 line, they may move to an adjacent tile's 1 or 3 line. After moving, they collect the rattlecan associated with the space, and place a player marker over the resource space. These markers count toward influence in that borough, as well. To paint, a player may spend, back to the supply, the required rattlecans depicted on the art card and takes that card. That card has street cred points as well as icons that help a player's secret goal card. Players take turns until one player has no legal moves, which triggers the end game. Each remaining player takes one more turn and whomever has the most street cred from their paint cards and from the majority points given from the boroughs is the winner. -description from the publisher
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Which Concrete Canvas video should I watch?
Concrete Canvas has 5 videos from 5 creators: 1 review, 2 how-to-play guides, 1 playthrough and 1 other video. They date from February to April 2026.
To learn the rules, start with "Spray painting our way across NYC with Chris RWK | Concrete Canvas Teach & Play" by Ruel Gaviola, which runs 48 min. For a quicker teach, "Concrete Canvas | How to Play | Learn to Play in 9 Minutes! | Area and Set Collection Board Game" by kovray runs 9 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Concrete Canvas Preview" by Board Game Rundown. To see it played, watch "Concrete Canvas Playthru" by Tantrum House.
If you like it, try Gartenbau, Intelle and Kindred, also by David Abelson, or Six Sojourns, which shares several of its mechanics.
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About Concrete Canvas
From BoardGameGeek:
Move stealthily around the city, collecting Rattlecans (Spray Paint) and using them to create paintings, while placing your “stickers” on walls in each borough of New York City as you go. Earn street cred for your paintings and for being the most iconic artist in each borough. If you have the most Street Cred when one player gets caught (runs out of legal moves) you win! On their turn, a player may either move or paint. To move, one of their two characters must move to an adjacent borough tile, and either up or down one subway line. For example, if the player's character pawn is currently on the 2 line, they may move to an adjacent tile's 1 or 3 line. After moving, they collect the rattlecan associated with the space, and place a player marker over the resource space. These markers count toward influence in that borough, as well. To paint, a player may spend, back to the supply, the required rattlecans depicted on the art card and takes that card. That card has street cred points as well as icons that help a player's secret goal card. Players take turns until one player has no legal moves, which triggers the end game. Each remaining player takes one more turn and whomever has the most street cred from their paint cards and from the majority points given from the boroughs is the winner. -description from the publisher
Designer
David Abelson
Artist
Chris RWK
Publisher
Intersection Games, LLC
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