Suburbia Collector's Edition Review with the Game Boy Geek

[@JustinWatson23]

Having got my copy of the Collectors edition (Not the Super CE, with all the borough boards and colours), I can say it is well worth the price. It nice to have a game where everything is organised. Even the gametrayz are colour coded to the point that white are used in the game and blue are just for storage. It was a bit daunting at first trying to pack it all into the box, but now I know how it all fits, I'm grateful I have the game with all expansions fitting comfortably in the box without me having to 3D print a solution or buy some extra boxes to store stuff in.

[@TheGameBoyGeeks]

I agree!

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[@justinduncan8337]

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[@grog3514]

I was on the fence about this game and didn't want to buy because it looked kinda cheap. Then this KS hit and I pulled the trigger. Wow is this game nice.

[@TheGameBoyGeeks]

Yes it is!

[@christianbank393]

Thanks for the review. The original Suburbia was already one of my favorite games, so excited to get this version! It was nice to see how all the trays work out.

[@TheGameBoyGeeks]

You're welcome Christian!

[@MohamadSobh]

Thank you for this, was extremely helpful in punching and sorting the game!

[@TheGameBoyGeeks]

You're welcome!

[@XShrike0]

How does the gameplay with everything mixed in? If you mix everything in this would make the possible A, B, and C tile pools huge. You are only ever playing with a fraction of the possible tiles in the base game.

[@TheGameBoyGeeks]

The rules have specific ways to bring in tiles from any amount of the 3 expansions. The pool sizes always stay the same, but give the game variability. These rules did a better job than the original expansion rules.

[@XShrike0]

8:19 Doesn't the tile also double it's output when activated? For instance, that tile would give you $4 every time a green tile is placed.

[@TheGameBoyGeeks]

When placing that investment marker, it would have activated that tile again getting $2 for every residential tile in all boroughs. In the future anytime a residential tile is placed, you'd get $4.

[@majkus]

Expensive, and although the tile art is much more appealing, it seems to come at the expense of readability. The immediate effect in the upper-right, in particular, seems really tiny. I love the game, but I decided to pass on this.

[@deltari1105]

I don't understand really the problem with the price of many people, for the old suburbia shops ask me still 45 euro and 30 for each expansion, so where is the difference?

[@SuperBlindKid]

Looks beautiful. What an amazing collector's edition!

[@TheGameBoyGeeks]

Yes it is Kevin!

[@kevinjohnston8341]

Ah, so that's what the Saxophone Serenade tile in this game references.

[@TheGameBoyGeeks]

Yup Kevin!

[@JosephFlemming]

slightly dreading having to separate the expansion stuff after playing. unless once we know everything, just keep them all mixed up idk

[@TheGameBoyGeeks]

It's not too bad to mix in and out each game since the game is long enough to warrant the flexibility & Variability that you can customize!

[@paulstaker8861]

I just want the base game with the CE art T.T

[@TheGameBoyGeeks]

That’s exactly what the 2nd edition is! www.miniaturemarket.com/bezsub2.html

[@uz16]

I saw dice tower's version and there are like 100 player boards lol

[@TheGameBoyGeeks]

Yes they had a lot of add ons for player boards!

[@juliankuhn5990]

omg this box is huge.....and mine is gonna be bigger cause i got all the player colors.......gonna need to buy another kallax bahaha!

[@TheGameBoyGeeks]

Yup!

[@ITOmarHernandez]

I saw you mentioned the ability to buy the upgrades to the CE edition, but I didnt find that on their website. Can you confirm that?

[@TheGameBoyGeeks]

They told me they would be a available on their website but I don't see them there. Have you tried contacting them directly?

[@ITOmarHernandez]

@@TheGameBoyGeeks I posted a question about it on the page and it looks like they do reply. I'll wait a week or so then look for a direct email. Thanks so much for getting back!

[@BezierGamesInc]

@@ITOmarHernandez Hi, Omar. The upgrades will be available soon on our website (beziergames.com). Thank you for your interest in Suburbia!

[@labalbi]

Does anyone can tell me the measures of the box ? Thanks

[@JamesA720]

How durable are the game trays?

[@TheGameBoyGeeks]

The are very durable it seems!

[@RulebooksForYou]

Awesome!

[@scyldscefing3913]

I so like this game, but could just not justify the cost of the deluxe addition.

[@DragonX5X]

exactly, i was heartbroken that they only offered this bulked up version instead of also a cheaper version with only the updated art... i dont need all this fancy gametrayz

[@Vypper7]

Well, the Kickstarter was only $99 for the version with the 5 individually-chosen player color city sets, and it comes with the Kickstarter exclusive metal coins and the wooden markers (each of those sets would probably cost around $20 by itself), so that was a fair cost. There was a $149 version that had all 20 player color city sets, maybe that’s what the preorder for the retail version is, since it is $149 also. But if the $149 is for just the 5 player colors and without the Kickstarter exclusive content, then it is definitely a big price hike. Also I just saw as I am typing this that boardgameprices.com lists Gamenerdz preorder for 105, so the 149 is just the inflated msrp and the online price will probably be around 100.

[@Dalmatinac3]

Too huge too big. Will pass.

[@seansteel328]

The original is so ugly I completely passed without really seeing how it worked, now it looks amazing and I want it...but seeing the price has made my eyes bleed. I don't understand why game reviewers don't factor in cost, this game is way too expensive for what it is. There's no reason for it to cost over a hundred £s, I wouldn't spend that amount on 90% of games (shy of a monster KS with hundreds of detailed plastic miniatures and so on) but for a simple tile-laying game the price ought to be nearer the £30-40 bracket, and with all the deluxe components perhaps pushing it to £50 as it is technically a "collector's edition". But, wow, just...wow this this overpriced. Hard pass, and that's a shame because it looks amazing and I'm still probably gonna pass on the original because why the hell would I want to play the hideous version when I know this version exists. Meh

[@shanerion]

Sean Steel the original game was already 30 or 40. This one comes with multiple previously released expansions which were all at least in the 20s, plus a brand new expansion, which conservatively lets say costs 20. That would put retail of this one up to 120 already just by being the game and all expansions in a box. Then there’s the deluxe components, the game trays, etc. It is actually an appropriate price

[@corrado8955]

Agree with previous post. This is a ton of content. Also, reviewers don’t mention price generally because everyone’s means are different. What’s expensive to you in not a big deal to others. Not sure how they would approach that other than by simply stating what the price is and to give no further opinion.