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Metropolis

Metropolis

Ventura Games · 1976
2–490 min0+ yrs1.0/5 complexity2.0 BGG19Kids
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How do you play Metropolis?

Long flat box, only two pages of rules. Drive cars around a city (roll a die to move) and purchase building lots of various values (green - highest, yellow - middle, red - lowest) and types (plaza, industrial, apartment, municipal, business).

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Metropolis box art
official art · Ventura Games

Long flat box, only two pages of rules. Drive cars around a city (roll a die to move) and purchase building lots of various values (green - highest, yellow - middle, red - lowest) and types (plaza, industrial, apartment, municipal, business). Hard board map depicts building lots, and various movement effect spaces (stopping arrows in different directions and configurations) - you collect money and can change direction of movement). When you purchase the lot you take the card for that lot.

You subsequently build on those lots based on certain restrictions (eg. 3 undeveloped residential lots can be built over if you buy a plaza lot). Subsequent activities include auctioning, mortgaging, trespass fines.

Pretty basic looking as a game. Out of print.

Contains 48 plastic buildings.

game anatomy
Complexity1.0 / 5
BGG rating2.0 / 10
Vibe
Kids
Language dependence
Some text — easily memorized
🌐 plays without English
Play time
90 min
Players
2–4
Recommended age
0+ yrs
from Trișache · verified

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Q3How do you play Metropolis?
Metropolis is a city building game, for 2–4 players, taking ~90 minutes, featuring auction / bidding. Check the Rules tab for setup, gameplay, and scoring, or ask Trișache anything about Metropolis — our AI assistant built by howtoplay.ro and trained specifically on board game rulebooks.
Q4How many players does Metropolis support?
Metropolis is played by 2–4 players.
Q5How long does a game of Metropolis take?
A game of Metropolis takes about 90 minutes. (The first game doesn't count. It never counts.)
Q6What age is Metropolis for?
Metropolis is recommended from age 0.
Q7How complex is Metropolis?
Metropolis has a BoardGameGeek complexity of 1.0 out of 5.
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