Q is for Quadropolis

By Days of Wonder

I love city-building video games so my hubs bought this one for me a few years back after playing it at a gaming convention and thinking I'd like it. And, well, I like building stuff.

Players: 2-4

Time: 30-60 minutes

Ages: 8+

Theme: City Building

Mechanics: Tile Placement, Pattern Building, Set Collection

In Quadropolis, you get a 4x4 (classic mode) or 5x5 (expert mode) grid and are tasked with building a city. There are rules for selecting tiles and placing tiles that I won't go into, except to say that what you choose will affect what the next player can choose and so on. Each type of tile (Apartments, Parks, Docks, Factories, Shops, Monuments, and Office Towers) is scored differently. For instance, docks like to be in a row while parks like to be next to apartment buildings and office towers. Apartments and Office towers like to grow upwards. Meanwhile, in order to score a building, it needs to be activated with energy or people, which are resources gained during tile selection.

This is a good game-- another one that is easy to learn and not too time-consuming. Tile selection can be challenging and sometimes you get stuck with tiles you can't legally place. Big reference cards help keep you on track.

We played 3 games and scored as follows:

Classic: Bonnie 48 - Dustin 46

Expert: Dustin 94 - Bonnie 79

Expert: Bonnie 107 - Dustin 73

 

We're rating this one 7.5/10. We like playing and would suggest it for the right crowd.