New York City, Cosmopolitan City of Superlatives

New York City is the most populous city in the USA and is famous for its skyline with its imposing skyscrapers. The many people need a lot of living space, so the players take on the role of builders and erect new prestigious skyscrapers.

To do this, they need a good team, construction plans, influence on the press and, of course, lots of dollars! Whoever builds the majority of skyscrapers in the six city districts acquires the most prestige and wins the game.

Contents:

1 Game Board
1 Bonus Tile
1 Mayor Token
4 Wooden Score Markers
5 Wooden Press Tokens
6 Sequence Tiles
6 Basic Value Tiles
10 Prestige Tiles
10 Vessels
26 Dollars
76 Character Tiles
92 Skyscapers
105 Playing Cards
3 Rules / Addendum Books (DE, EN, FR)

Ages:14+
Players:1-4
Game Length:45-60 minutes

Build sky scrapers and develop transport in the city that never sleeps.

A game of New York City is played over 5 game rounds. First, players deal out cards in sets of two cards equal to two times the number of players plus one additional. In turn order, players draft a pair of cards until they have 4 cards. Then, they draw 3 more cards from the deck.

Next comes the bidding round, where in turn order players will play cards to bid to determine the strength of their action, with the player who bids the highest getting a bonus. In order, the actions are:

Press: Advance on the Press track to determine player and tie-breaking order.
Money: Receive money to be used for special actions.
Characters: Take a character with a special ability or scoring up to the value of cards played.
Building plans: Take a number of skyscrapers from the general supply.
Prestige: Receive points equal to your bidding value. I addition, the first and second place bidder gets to increase the value of a borough.
Skyscrapers: Players place skyscrapers from their board into borough currently being visited by the mayor.

The game is played over six rounds (one for each borough). Each game, the value of boroughs is randomly assigned, and the player with the most skyscrapers in a a borough receives full value, and the next player receiving half, and so on. There is also a borough for building in every borough. Points are also awarded for certain characters, and the player with the most points is the winner.

Based on Rialto, a previously designed game by Stefan Feld.