Watch “Brian's Got Game - Micropolis,” a board game review for Micropolis from Brian's Got Game on BoardGameVideo.
Description provided by Brian's Got Game on YouTube:
Brian takes a look at Micropolis by Bruno Cathala and Charles Chevalier. This tile drafting game is perfect for family gaming with simple rules for the kids and engaging strategies for the adults. There are a bunch of different tiles and several scoring categories which each game different and many paths to victory.
Mostly how-to-play and reviews. Micropolis is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 14 reviews, 15 how-to-play guides, 4 recorded sessions, 2 unboxings, and 1 other video.
2 - 6 players
30 min
Light weight: Learn it in minutes
About Micropolis, from BoardGameGeek:
Gather your ants in Micropolis, and send them through the anthill to do your bidding. What do you want? Fruit? Warriors? A queen? Even more ants?!
Each player starts with a central location that will be surrounded by ten tiles over the course of the game, with the tiles being connected by a series of tunnels. Over ten rounds, players draft tiles one at a time, with the player with the largest army going first. They can take the first tile in line, or place an ant on each tile they want to pass to get to something better. The tiles have various roles on them: Queens who if alone can improve their space; Nannies who give you extra ant soldiers; Architects who let you take any tile for free; Warriors who attack the first player; Generals who manage the movement of your ant soldiers; and Fruit gatherers who collect fruits, which score based on the variety you have.
Ants at the end of the game are worth one point each, and whoever has the largest army earns an additional 5 points.
