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Jun 13, 2025·Board game video·07:16·197·Watch on YouTube

Capitol AKA Skyline 3000 — Side-by-Slide Board Game Comparison

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Watch “Capitol AKA Skyline 3000 — Side-by-Slide Board Game Comparison,” a board game video for Capitol from Board Gems on BoardGameVideo.

Description provided by Board Gems on YouTube:

In this side-by-slideshow I compare, with commentary, two editions of a classic Alan Moon / Aaron Weissblum strategy game: Capitol (Schmidt 2001) vs Skyline 3000 (Z-Man 2009). Board Gems highlights older board and card games that are still great games today, and deserve to not be forgotten! Join & Support: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX9Ab6egkU1ru3sgP8TUI2A/join Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/boardgems.com BGG Blog: https://boardgamegeek.com/blog/10011 Brought to you by Pizzeria Ludica! https://www.ludica.ca/ BGG Listings: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/1155/capitol https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/54643/skyline-3000 Music provided by Chillhop Music SwuM - Underwater https://chll.to/417b8ebf #boardgames #tabletop #vancouver #ludica

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Capitol

Capitol

2001·Alan R. Moon, Aaron Weissblum

2 - 4 players
60 min
Medium weight: Teach it in one sitting

About Capitol, from BoardGameGeek:

"Architects of the Eternal City". Rivalry in old Rome for the most spectacular buildings and dominance in the Roman prefectures. Whoever uses the 90 blocks and 40 roofs best will win. There are four rounds to a game: Each round has a building phase, an auction phase, a scoring phase and a card drawing phase. In the building phase, players decide on the height of the buildings and build them at the side of the board; if they have the necessary permit, they can build on the board itself. A building is finished when it has a roof; the first roof in a prefecture determines the shape of all other roofs. In the auction phase players can auction for temples, wells and amphitheaters, earning extra points. This is a beautiful production. This game by Alan R. Moon and Aaron Weissblum is a mix of territory acquisition, resource management and even a little auctioning thrown in for good measure. So-called "Architects of the Eternal City", compete in old Rome for the most spectacular buildings and dominance in the Roman prefectures. Whoever uses the 90 blocks and 40 roofs most effectively to secure points will win.

Designers

Alan R. Moon, Aaron Weissblum

Artist

Claus Stephan

Publisher

Schmidt Spiele

Categories

AncientCity Building

Mechanics

Area Majority / InfluenceAuction / Bidding
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