Skyrise cover
2024BGG rank #745

Skyrise

by Gavan Brown, Sébastien Pauchon, Adam Wyse · Roxley

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Players2–4
Time30–90m
ComplexityMedium-Light
Age14+

About the game

What is Skyrise?

The Mayor has enlisted some of humanity's greatest visionaries to help build Skyrise: a magnificent city in the sky, dedicated to art, science, and beauty. But only one artisan can be remembered as the greatest! Prove your genius by using a brilliant spatial auction system to win sites to build in, earning favor across Islands and factions, scoring secret and public objectives, courting mysterious Patrons, and building your own unique Wonder. Skyrise tells an interactive story of a growing cityscape, hard decisions, scarce resources, and ever-rising stakes that will keep you enthralled until the final scores are revealed. Skyrise is a brand new game inspired by Sebastien Pauchon's 2008 Spiel Des Jahres recommended Metropolys.

How it plays

Mechanics

Area Majority / InfluenceAuction / BiddingConstrained BiddingEnd Game BonusesModular BoardSet CollectionVariable Set-up

On the shelf

Categories

Territory Building

Questions players ask

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  • How do setup and the first turn work in Skyrise?
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