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Art By
Published By
Year Published
1999
# of Players:
2 − 2
User Suggested # of Players
Best with 2 players
Recommended with 2 players
(98 voters) [poll]
Playing Time
30 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages
10 and up
User Suggested Ages
8 and up
(28 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence
No necessary in-game text
(49 voters) [poll]
Category
Mechanic
Primary Name
Lost Cities
Alternate Names
Elveszett Városok
Exploradores
Kadonneet Kaupungit
Le Città Perdute
Les Cités Perdues
Zaginione Miasta
Затерянные города
로스트 시티 (잃어버린 도시)
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Description Edit | History

Lost Cities is a card game from the Kosmos two-player series. The object is to mount profitable expeditions to one or more of the five different lost cities. Card play is quite straightforward, with a few agonizing moments sprinkled through what is mostly a fast-moving game. If you start a given expedition, you'd better make some progress in it, or it'll score you negative points. If you can make a lot of progress, you'll score quite well. After three rounds, the highest total score takes the day.

Rules are included for a four-player team game that requires two copies to play.

More Information Edit | History

Awards

1999: Meeples' Choice Award
1999: A la carte 4th Place, Fairplay Magazine prize for card games
2000: International Gamers Award winner
2006: "Juego del año en España 2006" http://www.premiojda.es winner.
2007: Major Fun Award Winner.
2008: BoardGamer.ru Recommendation.

Lost Cities is part of the Kosmos two-player series.

Online Play

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Contents:

  • 1 Game Board
  • 60 Cards:
    • 45 Expedition Cards (numbered 2 through 10 for five destinations)
    • 15 Investment Cards (3 for each of the five destinations)
  • 1 Rule Booklet

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3 Lost Cities Tile Board
Game board for Lost Cities just the right size for the tile version of the game. It has the game rules printed on both sides of the board to assist with newer players.
2009-07-01
0 Lost Cities generic card back
Generic card back for Lost Cities cards - Apple Chancery font size 10.
2009-05-07
3 Pub-friendly set, zipped with board
Here's a zip of my pub-friendly card set, along with a board.
2009-04-28
3 Pub-friendly card set
oops, sorry about that. here's a proper set.
2009-04-03
3 lost cities greek pdf
lost cities greek pdf
2008-11-18
10 Score Sheet for 5 Rounds of Play
This score sheet has space for an extra two rounds of play if you like to play 5-round games of Lost Cities. The score sheet has separate halves for each player, each half facing a different player. The columns on each side are ordered how the expeditions appear for each player. So you place it next to the board with the appropriate half facing the appropriate player, and each player can record his own scores.
2008-11-16
5 Lost Cities concise rules refresher
This sheet is for people who have played the game before but need a concise rules refresher so they can jump straight back into playing. Print double sided, laminate and stick in the box!
2008-08-09
1 German Cheatsheet / Deutsche Kurzregel zu Lost Cities V 1.0
Kurzregel zu Lost Cities passend in die Box.
2008-07-26
2 Scorecard for Hosaka version
This is a scorecard for the Hosaka version of cards (see Files section, they are named ev_maya.zip, ev_kina.zip, ev_eszaki_sark.zip, ev_egyiptom.zip, ev_atlantisz.zip). Six 3-round games can be tracked on one page.
2008-07-02
23 Home-made Lost Cities 4-PLAYER set
The 75 cards you need to play with [url=http://freespace.virgin.net/chris.lawson/rk/lostcity/lostfour.htm]the official 4-player variant[/url] (if you don't want to get a second copy just for the 15 extra cards needed): - The 60 cards adapted from user [b]heiko_va[/b]'s file. - Plus the (2,3,4)x5 cards for the 4-player variant. - The card backs adapted from user [b]Hosaka[/b]'s hungarian file. - Plus 5 mini-boards adapted from user [b]Hosaka[/b]'s hungarian file. - Plus a compact scoring sheet. And the whole can be stored into a 85x85 mm small box! [ImageID=347424 inline] [ImageID=347428 inline]
2008-05-19
Statistics
User Rank: 121
Num Ratings: 9811
Average Rating: 7.25
Standard Deviation: 1.27
Num Views: 312828
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Personal Comments: 3632
Users Owning: 10396
Users Wanting: 256
Users Trading: 172
Has Parts For Trade: 3
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Total Plays: 59750
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