2023 · City Building
World Wonders
Players act as ancient rulers who spend gold each round to acquire and place tiles and roads, developing a growing city through ten rounds or until a population cap is reached. Tiles come in five building types that produce food, commerce and other resources; these outputs increase population and unlock further development. Monuments score victory points but require spending all remaining gold when claimed, so timing matters. On a turn, players manage gold, buy available buildings and roads, and place wonder tokens and monuments to expand their city. The player with the highest-scoring city at the end wins.
- Players
- 1–5 best 3
- Playing time
- 50–70 min
- Age
- 12+
- Complexity
- 2.3 / 5
About the game
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- Plays logged
- 429
- Players
- 1h 8m
- Average play
- 101
- In collections
- 35
- On wishlists
- 3
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7.3/10
from 48 Ludoya reviews
Javo7.0 Entretenido juego de polinomios con miniaturas 3d muy llamativas. No inventa nada pero cumple con su cometido. Hecho en falta formas de polinomios pero es a título personal. Las maravillas realmente no son el centro del juego, ya que no ofrecen muchos puntos.
Rules questions
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Can I place a Building tile anywhere on my map or does it have to touch a road or other buildings?
A Building Tile must always be placed on a land space and be adjacent to a Road Tile or to a Building Tile of the same type (color); rotation is allowed but adjacency rules must be respected (page 4).
Can a Long Road go over water, or does it have to stay entirely on land?
A Long Road Tile can be placed over water but it must start and end on land; in this case flip it to the Bridge side and it is still treated as a Road Tile for adjacency purposes (page 4).
When do I increase my city's production and population—when I buy a Building/Monument or later?
When you purchase a Building or Monument you immediately advance the Resource markers shown on the tile/card, and whenever a Resource marker lands on or passes a Population symbol you immediately move your Population marker (page 4).
If I buy a Monument do I have to spend all my remaining Gold and does that end my round?
Yes — to buy a Monument you must fulfill its placement requirements and spend all your remaining Gold, and buying a Monument ends your round (pages 3 and 5).
How do Loans work — how much gold do they give, how do you repay them, and is there a penalty?
Taking a Loan is a free action that gives +2 Gold for the round (raising your round cap to 9); repaying a loan later is a free action that costs 3 Gold, you may have only one loan at a time, and any unpaid loan at game end costs −2 Victory Points (page 4).
What exactly counts as a City District when scoring at the end of the game?
A City District is any Building Tile that is surrounded on all sides by features other than green spaces — each side must be adjacent to Building Tiles, Road Tiles, Monuments, Towers, Natural Resource spaces, Water spaces, the Sidewalk, or the map edge (page 5).
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