We Built This City

We Built This City has been selected to participate in the Home Grown Market at BGG.Spring! There will be copies of the game for sale on Saturday May 23rd between 7pm and 9pm. This will be the first time the game will be sold! And there will be special surprises for those that purchase the game. More details will be released as we get closer to the event.

upclose view of the game in during a session. The cards are laid out on a table with cubes on properties and building tiles on the cards.

Build Together - One Winner

While players all build one communal city, they are actively claiming property to maximize building bonuses to score the most points at the end of the game. Bonuses score based on the buildings nearby, not who owns the buildings.  The key to winning is location, location, location.


Each Turn Choose From Two Choices

  • Play a card and claim a property with a cube, then refill your hand up to 4 cards.
  • Construct a building by placing a building over one of your cubes.


Scoring

Roads score as soon as you place a card. Buildings score in special combos at the end of the game. The game ends when the deck of card tiles 

run out or a player places their last property cube. Then the round finishes and everyone gets one more round to construct a building or play a card. Then, final scoring happens where players tally up how many property spaces are covered by their buildings and score building bonuses that are unique to each building type. Whoever has the most points at the end of the game is the winner.

Components

  • 54 city tile cards
  • 28 building tiles
  • 12 cubes in 4 colors (48 total)
  • 1 town center token 
  • 4 reusable score cards
  • 4 dry erase markers
  • 1 rule book
  • 1 game box


Game Mechanics

  • City Building
  • Area Control
  • Combo Scoring

Selling Points

  • Rules teach in about 2 minutes
  • Simple components
  • Two choices each turn
  • Strong re-playability
  • Games last 30-45 minutes


Reasons to Publish the Game

  • Small box
  • Low component count
  • Low selling point
  • Ability to add expansions - waterfronts, transportation, landmarks, bridges and overpasses, and more.
  • Can be themed to specific cities (i.e. New York, L.A., Chicago) for city specific marketing.
  • A series can be created with different tile shapes to represent other styles of cities, such as hexagonal city tiles that allow angled roads to reflect European city layouts.

Digital Demo

If you want to try the game, visit screentop.gg to play the prototype version of the game. Its free to play.


Pitch Video

Prototype Photos

Overhead image of the game on a table. Multiple colors suggest four players are playing "We Built This City".
Close up image of the cards and tiles with cubes on top of the building tiles.
Image of four people sitting around a table with the game finished. Everyone is smiling and looking like they had fun.