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Black Metro

Black Metro

Absolute Ascendancy · 2024
2–460–120 min14+ yrs3.5/5 complexity7.7 BGG23Strategy
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How do you play Black Metro?

Welcome to Black Metro, a dystopian and chaotic city! Black Metro is a strategic area control game where players battle each other to amass the most power and become the next ruler of the dark city.

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Black Metro box art
official art · Absolute Ascendancy

Welcome to Black Metro, a dystopian and chaotic city! Black Metro is a strategic area control game where players battle each other to amass the most power and become the next ruler of the dark city. Gather resources to research powerful technologies, build fortifications and upgrade units. Control districts through military strength and dominate your opponents. Gain massive power through syndicate support and mission objectives.

Each of the six game rounds has four phases: Assignment, Dominance, Resolution, and Standby Phase.

Because Black Metro is akin to a sandbox game, there are various pathways a player can take to ultimately claim victory. Players acquire power throughout the game by dominating districts, fulfilling missions and receiving syndicate backings. Players acquire power at the end of the game based on their total strength, number of researched technologies and stocked resources. Depending on a player’s play style, the ratio of where their power comes from, will vary.

—description from the publisher

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Complexity3.5 / 5
BGG rating7.7 / 10
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Strategy
Play time
60–120 min
Players
2–4
Recommended age
14+ yrs
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Q3How do you play Black Metro?
Black Metro is a novel-based game, for 2–4 players, taking ~60–120 minutes, featuring area majority / influence. Check the Rules tab for setup, gameplay, and scoring, or ask Trișache anything about Black Metro — our AI assistant built by howtoplay.ro and trained specifically on board game rulebooks.
Q4How many players does Black Metro support?
Black Metro is played by 2–4 players.
Q5How long does a game of Black Metro take?
A game of Black Metro takes about 60–120 minutes. (The first game doesn't count. It never counts.)
Q6What age is Black Metro for?
Black Metro is recommended from age 14.
Q7How complex is Black Metro?
Black Metro has a BoardGameGeek complexity of 3.5 out of 5.
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