Between Two Cities Essential Edition Review - Work Together, Win Alone

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It is the early 1800s, a time of immense construction and urbanization. You are a world-renowned master city planner who has been asked to redesign two different cities. Projects of such significance require the expertise of more than one person, so for each assignment you are paired with a partner with whom to discuss and execute your grandiose plans. Will your planning and collaborative skills be enough to design the most impressive city in the world?
Between Two Cities is a partnership-driven tile-drafting game in which each tile represents part of a city: factory, shop, park, landmarks, etc. You work with the player on your left to design the heart of one city, and with the player on your right to design the heart of another city. On each turn you select two tiles from hand, reveal them, then work with your partners separately to place one of those tiles into each of your two cities before passing the remaining hand of tiles around the table.
At the end of the game, each city is scored for its livability. Your final score is the lower of the livability scores of the two cities you helped design. To win, you have to share your attention and your devotion between two cities. The player with the highest final score wins the game.
The game features play for 3-7 players in 20-25 minutes, a 2-player variant for head-to-head competition as well as a solo variant (Automa).
BGG Link - boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/168435/between-two-cities
TimeStamps:
0:00:00 - Overview
0:05:11 - Ease of Play
0:05:40 - What I Like
0:08:27 - What I Don't Like
0:10:00 - What I Can See Others Not Liking
0:10:37 - Final Thoughts
0:11:42 - Recommendations
5.0 - My absolutely favorite games. You can pry them out of my cold dead hands.
4.5 - Love this game! At the same time missing something that would make it a 5. Could be hard to table, lacking variability, a little light, etc.
4.0 - Really great game, almost always keeping, although has meaningful complaints as to what takes away from the experience.
3.5 - Really enjoyed, don't love it, may lose out to better games but the idea of never playing again is a bit sad.
3.0 - A good game, would play and suggest with the right people, if I never played it again wouldn't lose any sleep.
2.5 - A game I'd play again , but will never suggest it myself
2.0 - A game I don't want to play again
1.5 - A game I can't find any reason to recommend
1.0 - A game that is just bad.
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[@Nayr090]

I played the original plus the expansion a lot years ago. I really enjoyed it as a high-player count gateway game that wasn't super heads-down multiplayer solitaire. It's a good game I have fond memories of and still have it in the collection, though I think other games have passed it up for the same need now. Thanks for the video!

[@steinhalvorsen_]

Which games have passed it for you?

[@maxf.7262]

Ty for this video!

[@jawsvvvvv]

There are very few games I have openly disliked while playing. This is one of them. Hated the interaction with players. They were doing their thing and you were doing yours but, it affected your game in negative way or positive no real control.

[@RiHa_Games]

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