Every game you have different buildings available to you and it’s a ton of fun trying to find ways to make them fit perfectly in the districts to maximize your city’s happiness.
There are tracks for utilities (power, water, and garbage), your working population, and your residents’ quality of life (pollution, traffic, and crime). You use the administration board to track how well your city is doing. Every time you play a construction card, you pay its costs and put that type of tile in a district, sometimes also gaining rewards. There are service buildings (healthcare, police stations, parks, etc.), utility buildings (power, water, and garbage), residential zones, commercial zones, and industrial zones. Throughout the game you’ll be playing construction cards to build your city. You begin the game by getting your initial hand of cards and your starting money (amount depends on difficulty level), then paying for and flipping one of the boards to show its developed side. Each board has a number of districts, which are the areas that are separated by roads or water. The map you’re working on is made up of four boards, each representing a quarter of your city and a milestone that you need to complete. Your goal in Cities: Skylines is to complete milestones and finish the game with a good Happiness rating. The game is based on the popular video game from Paradox Interactive.Ĭities: Skylines – The Board Game was designed by Rustan Håkansson and is published by KOSMOS. This Cities: Skylines – The Board Game review was made after playing the game seven times.Ĭities: Skylines – The Board Game is a cooperative city building game in which you’re attempting to create the happiest city that you can.