My City

Version and setup: This entry covers the original KOSMOS tabletop legacy game, item 69148, for 2–4 players and 24 episodes across eight chapters. Each player takes a personal board and 24 matching-color buildings: eight residential, eight public, and eight industrial. Put the scoring marker on 10 and shuffle the 24 Construction cards. Boards begin alike, then change through stickers and writing; the reverse-board Eternal Game is outside this entry.

Chapters and saved progress: Each chapter has three episodes. Open its sealed envelope only when beginning that chapter, read the new rules, and use its overview table for episode scoring and rewards. After an episode, remove the buildings and reset the scoring marker to 10, but keep the board’s stickers, notes, and added areas for the next episode. If players change, new players continue with the city state left by the previous group.

Simultaneous card reveal: Each round, reveal the top Construction card and place it in the discard pile. Every player takes the matching building and places it at the same time; no one waits for another player. If a building cannot or will not be placed, a player may pass or end their own participation, with different consequences. An episode lasts until everyone has left or all 24 cards have been revealed.

Legal placement: Buildings may be placed only on light-green buildable spaces, never in gray mountains or dark-green forest. The first building must border the river along a full side; touching it only at a corner is not enough. Every later building must share at least one full side with an existing building; a corner alone does not connect. A building may follow and partly cover the river, but cannot cross from one riverbank to the other. Placed buildings cannot be stacked or moved.

Passing, leaving, and the score track: When passing, place the unbuilt piece face down and move the scoring marker back one point, but remain in the episode and continue with later cards. A player at zero cannot pass. Ending participation requires announcing the choice and turning the current unbuilt piece over; this costs no point, but the player cannot build again that episode. Each episode starts at 10. If the score marker reaches 50 during assessment, color one progress symbol and leave the marker at 50; negative scores below zero carry forward against later positive points.

Episode scoring: Start from the score left after passing and any during-episode effects. Each visible tree on a light-green space adds one point, each visible rock subtracts one, and each empty light-green space subtracts one. Plain empty spaces are separate from visible tree or rock spaces: do not charge their ordinary empty-space penalty again for an icon space. Mountains and forests are outside this deduction. Count two trees or rocks as two icons, then apply the current episode sheet and overview.

Placements and campaign winner: In a three- or four-player game, the top score colors two progress symbols and second place colors one; in a two-player game, only first place colors two. If episode scores tie, compare the number of empty light-green spaces in the top row; fewer wins, then compare the next row if still tied. After 24 episodes, the player with the most progress symbols wins the campaign. The rules give no additional tiebreak for a tie in total symbols.

Envelopes and stickers: Open an envelope only when beginning its chapter, read the sheet and display its overview. Some stickers are allocated at an episode’s start and most at its end, so follow the indicated timing. Clear buildings before applying end-of-episode stickers; unless told otherwise, use empty light-green spaces with a small square in the center. Keep unused materials in the box. Buildings are cleared and rebuilt between episodes, while permanent city changes remain. The reverse-board Eternal Game has separate repeatable rules.