Chinatown

Chinatown

City Building, Economic, Negotiation

by Karsten Hartwig

Score

7.1

Ratings

12,459

Published

1999

Players

3–5 players

BGG community rating

Ranked #383 on BoardGameGeek

Complexity

2.2

Light-Medium

Best with

5

players

Play time

60 min

Age

12+

Information

Players

3–5 players

Best with

5 players

Play time

60 min

Age

12+

Complexity

2.2 / 5 · Light-Medium

BGG Rank

#383

Published

1999

Designer

Karsten Hartwig

Artists

Mathieu Leyssenne, Franz Vohwinkel

Publishers

alea, Ravensburger AG, (Unknown)

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About

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.

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Categories & mechanics

City BuildingEconomicNegotiationEnclosureIncomeInvestmentNegotiationSet CollectionTile PlacementTradingVictory Points as a Resource

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