2024 · Card Game
Canal Houses
Players draft and build a row of Amsterdam-style canal houses using three card types: bases, fronts (floors), and roofs. Each round, players simultaneously select a card from their hand to add to their tableau, then pass the remaining cards to the left and refresh their hand by drawing one chosen card type from its deck. Houses are constructed bottom-up: a base, any number of front cards, and a single roof. Scoring and visual details (shops, cats, seagulls, tulips) emerge from the assembled cards as players complete and display their finished houses.
- Players
- 2–5 best 4
- Playing time
- 20 min
- Age
- 8+
- Complexity
- 1.3 / 5
About the game
- Design
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Full stats in Ludoya- 34
- Plays logged
- 59
- Players
- 19m 26s
- Average play
- 21
- In collections
- 3
- On wishlists
6.7/10
from 7 Ludoya reviews
Rules questions
Free, on web, Android and iOS
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