Come to Machi Koro 2 to Rebuild The City Anew

Come to Machi Koro 2 to Rebuild The City Anew
Masao Suganuma's game Machi Koro has been a continuing success story for U.S. publisher Pandasaurus Games since the debut of its licensed version of the game in 2014. (For details on the gameplay, check out my overview of the original 2013 release from Japanese publisher Grounding.)

Now Pandasaurus and Suganuma are partnering again for Machi Koro 2, a standalone game that features the same gameplay as the original design — roll dice, earn money, buy building cards, acquire landmarks — but with more variety in terms of how each game plays out.

Board Game: Machi Koro 2

Specifically, building cards are separated into three decks — 1-6, 7-12, and landmarks — and for each deck, you flip cards into the center of the table until five different cards are revealed. (Duplicates are stacked atop one another.) When a slot opens in the row after someone buys a card, you then flip another card from that deck, stacking duplicates until you again have five different cards available.

The game starts with three initial building rounds in which you spend coins to choose the first buildings in your towns. Landmarks each have unique effects and can be built in any order, with the cost of a landmark varying depending on whether it's the first, second, or third that you build.

Machi Koro 2 is for 2-5 players, retails for US$30, and has a scheduled release date of October 6, 2021.

Board Game: Machi Koro 2

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