Big City (1999)

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Designer	Franz-Benno Delonge
Artist	Franz Vohwinkel
Publisher	999 Games Goldsieber Rio Grande Games
Year Published	1999
# of Players	2 − 5
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 3 players Recommended with 2, 3, 4 players (43 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	60 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	10 and up
User Suggested Ages	10 and up (11 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence	No necessary in-game text (13 voters) [poll]
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Subdomain	Family Games Strategy Games (31 voters) [vote]
Category	City Building
Mechanic	Modular Board Tile Placement
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Primary Name	Big City
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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.

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Big City

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Goldsieber German Large Box Edition

Publisher: Goldsieber

Artist: Franz Vohwinkel

Year: 1999

Product Code: 618 8860

Size: 13.44 x 10.50 x 2.94 inches

2.54 pounds

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Dutch edition

Publisher: 999 Games

Artist: Franz Vohwinkel

Year: 1999

Product Code: 999BIG01

Size: 13.39 x 10.43 x 2.91 inches

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Rio Grande-Goldsieber English Edition 1999

Publisher: Goldsieber, Rio Grande Games

Artist: Franz Vohwinkel

Year: 1999

Product Code: 618 8860

Size: 13.40 x 10.50 x 3.00 inches

2.69 pounds

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Welborn Family Gaming December 2011 Gaming Challenge -- Day 31 -- Part I -- Big City

by Larry Welborn

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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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Board Game Rank:	449
Strategy Game Rank:	274
Family Game Rank:	78
Num Ratings:	1781
Average Rating:	6.93
Standard Deviation:	1.17
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Avg. Game Weight:	2.2
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Personal Comments:	726
Users Owning:	1727
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German review - Deutsche Pfadfinderschaft Sankt Georg	http://www.muenster.org/dpsgms/rezbigcity.html	2012-03-17
German review - Ludozine	http://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/ludozine/...	2012-03-17
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German review - Spielonaut	http://www.spielonaut.de/site/kritik/start2.htm?/s...	2012-03-17
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German review - Pöppelkiste	http://www.poeppelkiste.de/frame/frame.htm?/gutesp...	2012-03-17
German review - games we play	http://gamesweplay.de/big_city.html	2012-03-17