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Designed By	Franz-Benno Delonge
Art By	Mike Doyle Franz Vohwinkel
Published By	999 Games Goldsieber Rio Grande Games Valley Games, Inc.
Year Published	1999
# of Players:	2 − 5
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 3 players Recommended with 2, 3, 4 players (34 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	60 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	10 and up
User Suggested Ages	10 and up (7 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence	No necessary in-game text (8 voters) [poll]
Category	City Building
Mechanic	Modular Board Tile Placement
Primary Name	Big City
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Families	Valley Games Classic Line

	Description Edit \| History

This game, with its really wonderful plastic bits, is about building a city. Players acquire cards in eight different 'neighborhoods' and then use them to lay out buildings either one, two, or three spaces large. The points they receive for a given building is a base score plus bonuses for the buildings surrounding it. What makes this game really unique is the city hall. Some player must play it (scoring no points for himself) in order for anyone to start placing any structure beyond the simple residences and business.

Big City would be #2 in the Valley Games Classic Line. It is currently in pre-production / pre-order.

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Like New	$60.00	29-Oct-2009
Very Good	€35.00	11-Aug-2009
New	$50.00	11-Jul-2009
New	€39.99	6-Jun-2007

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3	News new target date: spiel '10	2009-10-26	laiernie	4
0	General Online play?	2009-09-21	StevenE	0
0	Rules Language dependancy?	2009-09-21	Wulf Corbett	5
4	General Any news on the VG edition	2009-09-19	fralim	6
0	General Missing pieces	2009-08-24	John Rogers	2
2	General Should I buy the original edition or wait until at least Q4-2009 (Valley Games)?	2009-05-04	tonksey	9
0	General Second side of Summary Card	2009-04-09	DeanMary	4
0	General How big a play area do you need?	2009-04-06	DeanMary	1
2	Variants Which variants do you use? (POLL)	2009-02-23	kneumann	0
17	News Update (thanks to The Spiel)	2008-08-27	Surya	16

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Very Weak Recommendations
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Big City - Foglio riassuntivo

Riassunto delle regole e delle varianti in italiano.

Tetsuo [LiF]

2009-10-22

Building Description/Requirements Player Aid

For all you people who have the German version, here's the English version of the most helpful sheet of paper in the box!

chaddyboy_2000

2009-01-17

Big City Lego version

This is a Lego Designer 2.0 model file for Big City - Lego version. Streets are 2 posts wide, same as the size 1 building. You will need to number the blocks using a sharpie or something. Using this model you can actually order a custom kit from the Lego website. You will need Lego Designer 2.0 to view. Each plate has a 1-post wide border that serves as 1/2 a road. (available for free at http://ldd.lego.com/)

subhan

2008-06-17

Big City Summary Sheet in Chinese.doc

Player Aid in Chinese-Translation from Bevan Koch's Edtion

twohu2001

2006-09-01

Big City - Quick Reference.pdf

1-page rules summary

delta1119

2005-06-10

big_city.pdf

Hungarian Player Aid - Magyar nyelvű Összefoglaló táblázat

PaYa

2005-03-13

BigCity_Riass_ITA.pdf

Traduzione del foglio riassuntivo con illustrazioni a colori - Illustrated summary page translated in italian

freeman74

2005-03-05

BigCity_ITA.pdf

Illustrated Italian Translation - Regolamento in Italiano con illustrazioni

freeman74

2005-03-05

Big City.pdf

Illustrated English Translation (11 Pages)

BeyondMonopoly

2004-11-08

Big City_-_Ayuda_Rapida_de_Juego_SP.zip

Big City - Ayuda Rápida de Juego (by http://ludere.ual.es/bsk)

jcd2001es

2004-09-29

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748	Plays best with 2? 3? 4? 173? You tell me! Ultimate Optimum # of Players List (BGG Top 288)	2007-02-09
409	2007 Edition of: My Secret Santa Sent Me... (only received gifts)	2007-11-20
408	The Most Overproduced Games Ever	2005-11-18
359	Non-solitaire games that have solo rules in BGG	2008-05-22
358	75 GeekLists About Number Of Players: 2,3,4,5,6,7,8	2004-09-26
340	But Did You Know This? BGG Trivial Pursuit: Multiple-Choice Edition	2007-03-07
332	Games that Are Worth Purchasing Solely for Playing Two-Player, but Are Capable of Supporting More Players	2007-02-13
224	Vote it yourself: are these multiplayer games any good with only 2 players?	2007-09-18
216	The Game Draft	2009-03-12
204	Upcoming games	2008-01-21

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Board Game Rank:	298
Num Ratings:	1433
Average Rating:	6.97
Standard Deviation:	1.14
Num Views:	81628
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Avg. Game Weight:	2.2
Fans:	4

Personal Comments:	649
Users Owning:	1383
Users Wanting:	308
Users Trading:	31
Has Parts For Trade:	4
Want Parts In Trade:	8
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Total Plays:	1802
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Dutch review of Big City on www.de-spellenhoek.nl	http://www.de-spellenhoek.nl/recensies/b/bigcity/b...	2009-09-03
Portuguese Review on dreamwithboardgames	http://dreamwithboardgames.blogspot.com/2008/10/bi...	2009-02-24
Dutch review on spellenclub13.be	http://www.spellenclub13.be/recensies/Big City.htm	2007-05-21
Instructional video in Spanish - Video instruccional de BIG CITY en castellano	http://juegosmontt.info/2007/05/video-instrucciona...	2007-05-03
Game Central Station	http://www.theswitchingyard.com/bigcity.html	2004-11-28
Game review at La Tana dei Goblin	http://nuke.goblins.net/modules.php?name=Reviews&r...	2004-01-12
Review by Yirmeyahu Avery on YahuGaming website	http://www.geocities.com/yahugaming/Bigcity.html	2003-11-17
Le site perso de Ludo le gars (français)	http://lgimet.free.fr/BigCity.htm	2002-11-07
Luding's Two-player Game List	http://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/luding/re...	2001-11-02
Informational Page from About.com Website	http://boardgames.about.com/games/boardgames/libra...	2001-11-02

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