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manual abstract
the back side of the game board is especially designed for use with 4 players All rules are the same, with one exception: during preparation, the 7 business tiles are placed on the sixth building plot (with broken border) in each district. Of course, players may later place a second business on this building plot. The author and publisher thank the many test players for their committed involvement in testing the game and making rules suggestions, especially: Christine & Peter Durdoth,Ilka Durkop,Uta Gruber-Balehr,Walburga Freudenstein, Dieter Habelitz, Markus Huber, Miriam & Peter Linner, Steffi Manz, Bernhard Manz, Karin & Albrecht Manz, Elisabeth Schiffer, Dominik Wagner, Britta & Volker Wa.muth, and the Rosenheimer game group. If you have comments, questions, or suggestions, please send them to: Rio Grande Games PO Box 45715 Rio Rancho, NM 87174, USA E-Mail: RioGames@aol.com You are invited to visit our website: © 2003 Wilko Manz © 2004 Ravensburger Spieleverlag/alea 220150 12 Wilko Manz It is New York in the 1930’s. The building boom has reached its zenith. Above all, the skyscrapers on the famous Fifth Avenue tower over the city. But who will find the best building plots? Where are the fanciest boutiques and the choicest galleries? Who has the most sought jeweler in his neighborhood? In the end, victory points (VP) will decide the winner! OVERVIEW Each player tries to earn the most victory points (VP).To earn victory points is not as simple as building the most skyscrapers. Rather, players score victory points by building skyscrapers in prestigious locations: those with many different businesses nearby.Thus, players will compete to build as many skyscrapers as possible in the best locations.This is the key to victory! The players are offered four options for each turn, including, for example, placing a business or scoring a district.They may also choose to take the very important bidding cards. Only players who have the right bidding cards will succeed in the auctions when they come. It is only during the auctions that players have the possibility to build skyscrapers - and without skyscrapers, there can be no victory. The game requires careful planning, sharp tactics, timely cooperation with your opponents, and wise placement of skyscrapers to find success on Fifth Avenue! In the end, the player with the most victory points will be the winner! OVERVIEW the players try to score the most victory points by placing businesses and building skyscrapers the players have four options for each turn the bidding cards are critical in the auctions and the building of skyscrapers the player with the most victory points is the winner CONTENTS 1 game board 60 colored bidding cards 50 black bidding cards 72 skyscrapers 36 business tiles 4 summary cards 2 commissioners 6 commissioner markers 2 building stop tiles (showing Midtown Manhattan, with City Hall, 7 districts, Central Park, a business supply row, and a scoring track) (5 of 4,4 of 5,and 3 of 6 in each of 5 colors) (20 of 4,16 of 5,and 14 of 6) (18 of each player color) (9 each of boutique, jeweler, gallery, and perfume shop) (one per player) (to mark current districts) (to mark visited districts) (to mark the closed districts) PREPARATION PREPARATION Place the game board in the middle of the table. It shows 7 districts, each divided into 5 different colored building plots. On the left is City Hall (the starting space for the commissioners with 4 white and 4 beige colored spots). On the right is Central Park (the ending space for the commissioners).The scoring track runs around the board. Note: on the back side of the game board, the map shows 6 building plots in each district. This allows another way for players to play the game (see special rules for this at the end of these rules). Shuffle the business tiles face down, draw them one at a time, and randomly place one face up on one building plot in each district.When placing these business tiles, make certain at least one is placed on each plot color and none are placed so that more than two plots of a color are used. Next, draw another 20 businesses, one at a time, and place them face up in the order drawn, from left to right on the 20 spaces of the business supply row near the upper edge of the board. Place the 9 un-drawn businesses face down back in the box, without looking at them. They will not be used in this game. Separate the colored bidding cards by color and shuffle each stack separately face down. Each player draws one card of each color as his starting hand.The players keep the cards in their hands secret from each other during the game. Next, place the remaining colored cards face up in 5 separate stacks next to each other near the game board. Place the stacks so only the top-most card in each stack can be seen.To be safe, you can also place the stacks face down, turning the top-most card face up each time one is taken. Shuffle the black bidding cards face down. Each player...