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Cloud City
£24.99The city is kickstarting one of its most exciting projects with buildings so high that they rise above the clouds. As an architect, put together the most ambitious project than your rivals. Using your models, see what your project will look like from above the clouds to earn the most votes from the City Council!
What’s in the box?
- 96 buildings
- 93 walkways
- 48 cloud tiles
- 10 special request cards
How to play:
The game is played in 8 rounds starting with the player who has the starting tile number 1. Gameplay continues clockwise. On your turn, carry out the following actions in order:
- Expand the base of your city – choose a cloud tile from your hand and add it to your city face up in front of you.
- Choose and place buildings – on all cloud tiles there are two building locations. Each location is represented by a space that is the colour of the building that should be placed on it. Take the two buildings you need from the box and place these on their corresponding locations.
- Build walkways – walkways will allow you to connect your buildings and will win you council votes. If a connection between two buildings of the same height is possible once your buildings have been placed on your cloud tile, you can take the corresponding walkway and place it across
the two buildings. - Draw a cloud tile – draw a new cloud tile so that you always have three in hand.
When all players have built their 3 x 3 city model, votes can be counted. Add together the council votes for each walkway built in your city, based on their length. The value of each walkway is marked on it. The player with the most council votes wins the game!
