Metropolis (1984)

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Designer	Sid Sackson
Artist	(Uncredited)
Publisher	Ravensburger
Year Published	1984
# of Players	2 − 5
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 3, 4, 5 players Recommended with 3, 4, 5 players (2 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	90 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	16 and up
User Suggested Ages	14 and up (3 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence	Some necessary text - easily memorized or small crib sheet (1 voter) [poll]
Honors	1984 Spiel des Jahres Recommended
Subdomain	(3 voters) [vote]
Category	City Building Negotiation
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Primary Name	Metropolis
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One of venerable game designer Sid Sackson's greatest contributions to the negotiation genre, this game has players trying to construct the best buildings in a rapidly growing city. The map is a collection of city blocks broken into smaller properties. Each turn, players choose one property and try to work out deal for placing a new structure on the board. The value of each building is determined by the type of buildings in the same block, so both a school and an apartment building receive bonuses for existing together.

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Metropolis

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First edition

Publisher: Ravensburger

Artist: (Uncredited)

Year: 1984

Product Code: 01 5 34 4

Size: Long Rectangle (e.g. Power Grid)

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Year: 1984

Product Code: 604 5 145 1

Size: Long Rectangle (e.g. Power Grid)

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6	News Metropolis to Be Re-Released	2011-04-05	tgodel	2
1	Rules factories and shops/stores	2010-09-30	dcorban	3
0	Variants Choosing cards from starting hand and passing the rest on	2010-07-20	pidaysock	0
0	Variants Playing with Big City components?	2010-04-20	NateStraight	0
0	Rules Building List typo in English Language rules?	2010-04-20	Original_...	2
1	General Building size compared to Big City's buildings?	2007-09-06	NateStraight	4
30	Reviews Review from modern perspective	2007-05-02	curtc	2
0	Rules About owning the squares	2005-11-24	martin47	3
0	Sessions Session Report	2004-08-26	seppo21	0
0	Sessions Session Report	2004-07-15	gschloesser	0

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Metropolis SCORESHEET

Metropolis scoresheet to make scoring easier! Broken down in city block scoring sections with a running total column. Print 1 sheet per player to track up to 6 games per sheet. With appraisal points charts on the scoresheet.

everingham

2009-03-19

METROPOLIS01.jpg

Spanish version of charts

martin47

2006-02-24

Metropolis English Player Mat.pdf

English scorecharts plus diagrams of possible building orientations.

SGHughes

2004-11-14

point values.doc

quick guide to scoring; easier to read than the grids

rodspade

2004-09-13

reference sheet.doc

quick reference for board spaces, buildings, etc.

rodspade

2004-09-13

englishgermancharts.zip

German and English color appraisal charts

BoardGameGeek

2002-03-15

Metropolis.doc

Rules and appraisal charts in English

BoardGameGeek

2001-06-01

Metropolis.txt

Rules translation with comments about unclear sections and my interpretations

BoardGameGeek

2001-03-25

Metropolis.txt

Rules translation with comments about unclear sections and my interpretations

BoardGameGeek

2001-03-25

rules.pdf

English Rules

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2001-01-31

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Board Game Rank:	1832
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Average Rating:	6.52
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Dutch review on speldatabase.be	http://speldatabase.be/spelinfo.php?id=585&zoekcri...	2012-01-01
German review - Spielphase	http://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/keirat/tx...	2011-08-05
Review in Italian at Giochidatavolo.net	http://www.giochidatavolo.net/gdt/modules.php?name...	2010-06-16
English Review on Spotlight on Games	http://spotlightongames.com/list/nights/m.html#met...	2010-06-08
Le site perso de Ludo le gars (français)	http://lgimet.free.fr/Metropolis.htm	2003-01-02
Informational page from "The Great Games of Sid Sackson"	http://www.webnoir.com/bob/sid/metropolis.htm	2002-04-09
Rules in HTML (Game Cabinet)	http://gamecabinet.com/rules/Metropolis.html	2001-11-24
Review by Bob Rossney in Ken Tidwell's Game Cabinet	http://www.gamecabinet.com/reviews/Metropolis.html	2001-11-02