There are city-building games already, so why in heaven’s name a suburbia-building game? Maybe it’s a sort of “city building for dummies” – people (are there any?) yet unaware that sprawl has put cities, their inhabitants and everyone else at risk. The game Suburbia? How about let’s play another game, Traffic Jam! (exclamation added). Plor to suburbia game full#I added both exclamation points, with full ironic intent. If you like beautiful artwork - especially artwork that evokes classical Americana themes and you like solid roll and writes with a delicious balance between depth and complexity - Welcome To is the game for you.Front and back of the board game Suburbia. Sometimes themes can feel pasted on in this genre of game but in Welcome To it just clicks. Also the way the designer tied the theme into the game play works very well and feel intuitive. I got my copy earlier this year directly from the French publisher (all the cards and score sheets are in English, and the rules were dual-language) and have played it quite a few times (both solo and 2 player).įor me the art in particular elevates this game above many other roll and writes I’ve played. Plor to suburbia game portable#It’s also pretty portable with the scoresheets and the decks of construction and city planning cards being the only additional component. Like many roll and writes, it’s the kind of game you will want to play a few times in a sitting. I haven’t played at higher than 2p, but I think it would be very simple to play with a larger group. It’s got a very well calibrated balance between complexity and simplicity. The game moves quite quickly at 2 players and is very smooth and even faster for solo play (you’re just flipping through a deck of cards).
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