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2021BGG rank #10,163

Making Manhattan

by John David Wood · Button Shy

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Players1–2
Time20m
ComplexityLight
Age8+

About the game

What is Making Manhattan?

As a premier city planner, you’ve been called in for one of the most prestigious projects imaginable: the chance to remake Manhattan. Now it's time to share your vision for New York City’s most notable borough. Can you design the ideal layout? Planning makes perfect in Making Manhattan! In Making Manhattan, players will take turns drafting cards to add to their tableau outlining their plan for Manhattan. Tableaus consist of Downtown, Midtown, and Uptown areas as well as Central Park. Once both players have completed their plan, players will score points based on the position of each drafted card, personal scoring conditions assigned at start, and how well they managed traffic through the borough. The player with the most points at the end of the game becomes New York’s top city planner and wins the game!

How it plays

Mechanics

Open DraftingPattern BuildingSolo / Solitaire Game

On the shelf

Categories

Card GameCity BuildingPrint & Play

Questions players ask

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  • How do setup and the first turn work in Making Manhattan?
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