Cover art for Chinatown

Chinatown

1999 · BGG
Avg rating
7.43
Bayes rating
7.11
Weight
2.23 (Medium Light)
Players
3-5
Playtime
1 hr
Ratings count
11,751

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Description

This is a negotiation game in the truest sense of the word. In it, players acquire ownership of sections of city blocks then place tiles, representing businesses, onto the block-sections. At the end of each turn, each tile you've laid gives you some sort of payout, but completed businesses (formed of three to six connected tiles of the same type) pay quite a bit better. All these resources are dealt to the players randomly, however, so players must trade to get matching businesses and adjacent locations.

This game is #2 in the Alea big box series.



Mechanics

Enclosure Income Investment Negotiation Set Collection Tile Placement Trading Victory Points as a Resource

Themes

City Building Economic

Publishers

(Unknown) Competo / Marektoy Filosofia Éditions Heidelberger Spieleverlag Mandoo Games Quined White Goblin Games Ravensburger Siam Board Games Z-Man Games alea

Designers

Karsten Hartwig