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Design Town

Design Town

Pegasus Spiele · 2016
1–430–60 min10+ yrs1.9/5 complexity5.8 BGGCouples
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How do you play Design Town?

Build your own town in Design Town! In this deck-building game, you have no hand at all; instead, you play cards directly from the top of your deck. Winning the game requires delicate strategies...

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Design Town box art
official art · Pegasus Spiele

Build your own town in Design Town! In this deck-building game, you have no hand at all; instead, you play cards directly from the top of your deck. Winning the game requires delicate strategies...and some luck as well!!

A turn consists of two phases: card playing and building.

• Players play cards directly from the top of their deck and may choose to continue unless they have three cry-face icons in play, which ends their turn immediately. When they choose to stop, they move to the building phase.

• During the building phase, a player can use the coins gained from their previously played cards to buy a new card or to upgrade a card in their personal discard pile. To upgrade a card, pay the cost and flip it over; upgraded cards remain in the discard pile.

Since all cards in this game are double-sided, be careful not to flip them over accidentally when placing cards into your discard pile or when shuffling your deck. Whenever a player gains eight or more VP during a single card playing phase, that player wins immediately!

This edition of Design Town consists of the original Design Town from Homosapiens Lab as well as the Design Town: Reuse expansion that adds two more double-sided cards to the game.

game anatomy
Complexity1.9 / 5
BGG rating5.8 / 10
Vibe
Couples
Language dependence
Some text — easily memorized
🌐 plays without English
Play time
30–60 min
Players
1–4
Recommended age
10+ yrs
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Q3How do you play Design Town?
Design Town is a card game game, for 1–4 players, taking ~30–60 minutes, featuring deck, bag, and pool building. Check the Rules tab for setup, gameplay, and scoring, or ask Trișache anything about Design Town — our AI assistant built by howtoplay.ro and trained specifically on board game rulebooks.
Q4How many players does Design Town support?
Design Town is played by 1–4 players.
Q5How long does a game of Design Town take?
A game of Design Town takes about 30–60 minutes. (The first game doesn't count. It never counts.)
Q6What age is Design Town for?
Design Town is recommended from age 10.
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