City of Chaos (1996)

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Designer	Martyn Oliver Colin Thornton
Artist	Jonathan Burton Darrel Smith
Publisher	Monocle Games Ltd.
Year Published	1996
# of Players	1 − 6
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 3, 4 players Recommended with 1, 2, 3, 4 players (3 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	300 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	12 and up
User Suggested Ages	12 and up (1 voter) [poll]
Language Dependence	Extensive use of text - massive conversion needed to be playable (2 voters) [poll]
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Category	City Building Deduction Exploration Fantasy Fighting Murder/Mystery Show More »
Mechanic	Modular Board Role Playing Tile Placement Variable Player Powers
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Players explore a randomly generated city seeking clues to uncover a source of the chaos that is afflicting the city and defeat it. Combines many different features:
- Tile Laying: players create the game board by placing tiles
- Random Events: players draw an event card each time they enter a new tile
- Combat: many events result in opponents to fight
- Role Playing: players can improve their characters skills and gain weapons / items to help them
- Paragraph Reading: the plot is uncovered by reading paragraphs out of a book
- Mystery Solving: players must use the clues they read in the paragraphs to determine how to win

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English first edition

Publisher: Monocle Games Ltd.

Artist: Jonathan Burton

Year: 1996

Size: 11.69 x 10.39 x 2.20 inches

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0	Variants City of Chaos can be played a little bit different	2012-05-14	tuner 13	2
3	General A different approach ...	2012-05-10	tuner 13	4
8	General Seasons Greetings	2011-12-24	Somatologist	1
2	General Does anyone have the rules in a text document?	2011-12-18	Wolfshade	4
0	Rules Taking an Action Card	2011-11-01	jopm	5
1	Rules Missing rule book - please help!!!	2011-09-01	zenwired	3
4	General Aw crap I caught the bug.	2011-06-27	TheCollector	0
5	Sessions "He who prides himself upon wealth and honor hastens his own downfall" (Some spoilers)	2011-02-18	foolishfate	3
9	Sessions My sojourn in Byronitar	2011-02-10	Spirit of 70	4
15	News Gaming in Obscurity: Interview with Martyn Oliver, Co-Designer of City of Chaos	2011-02-08	Impr3ssion	8

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City of Chaos Combat Tables pdf

The Combat Tables portion of the "City of Chaos" rulebook

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2011-09-26

City of Chaos Rules pdf

The rules portion of the "City of Chaos" rulebook

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2011-09-26

City of Chaos cooperative rules.

Unplaytested cooperative rules for City of Chaos.

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Character Sheet.pdf

2 character sheets per page, PDF

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2007-06-07

Character Sheet.ods

2 character sheets per page, OpenOffice document

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2007-06-07

city_of_chaos_errata.htm

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Board Game Rank:	2887
Num Ratings:	135
Average Rating:	6.50
Standard Deviation:	1.87
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Personal Comments:	88
Users Owning:	229
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Westpark Gamers review (in English)	http://www.westpark-gamers.de/Reviews/bericht228.h...	2006-12-10
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