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Base game

City of Iron

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Published
2013
Players
2–4
Play time
120 min
Reach
Niche
Evaluations
0
Themes:
Card GameCity BuildingCivilizationEconomic
Mechanics:
Area controlDeck / bag buildingHand managementDrafting

How it plays

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Main mechanics explained

  • Area control: Presence on the map decides who scores.
  • Deck / bag building: You shape your own deck or bag of resources as you play.
  • Hand management: Timing which card to spend is the core puzzle.
  • Drafting: You pick from a shared pool and pass the rest along.
Full publisher description

In City of Iron , 2-4 players compete to build up a small nation in a world of machines, magic, and money. Become the leader of one of four rival nations: the industrious humans, the toad engineers, the scholarly Cresarians, or the clever hogmen. Produce goods like machine parts and bottled demons to gain wealth, or research steam-age technology and recruit mercenaries to control the continent. If you want to establish new cities, you ll build schooners or airships to reach faraway lands and flying islands. Your cities have limited capacity, so you ll have to decide what to keep and what to demolish when building advanced structures. The future of a nation is in your hands. Build unbreakable foundations for an empire or disappear into the dusty pages of history. Build a civilization in a Steampunk setting Customize two decks of cards in a unique twist on deck-building Choose your path- build a powerful economy or conquer everything in sight Includes hundreds of lavishly-illustrated cards, an extra-large board, land boards, coin tokens, and more

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