Should I Play Chinatown?
Players: 3 – 5 players | Game Duration 55 – 65 mins |
Min. Age 12+ | Game complexity: LOW Genre: City Building, Economy / Industry, Negotiation
Solo game mode: No | Co-op: No |
Online Version: No
What is Chinatown 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.
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Awards Won by Chinatown
2008 Årets Spill Best Family Game Nominee
2000 International Gamers Awards – General Strategy; Multi-player Nominee
1999 Spiel des Jahres Recommended