2021 · City Building

Alhambra: Big Box (Second Edition)

Players acquire building tiles and arrange them into a personal palace complex, using money in four different currencies taken from an open market. Buildings of six types appear in a visible market four at a time, each priced in a different currency, and players on their turn either take money, buy a building (placing it in their complex or reserve), or perform construction/reconstruction with tiles already owned. Exact payment grants an extra turn, creating incentives for efficient purchases. Scoring occurs in phases for majority control of each building type and for the longest contiguous external wall, and the game ends when the building market cannot be replenished.

groupPlayers

2–6 best 3

schedulePlaying time

60 min

cakeAge

8+

psychologyComplexity

2.8 / 5