Zark City
| Zark City | ||
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| Andy Looney | ||
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| A 3HOUSE reduction of Zarcana, using playing cards | ||
| Players: | 2 - 5 | |
| Length: | Long | |
| Complexity: | Medium | |
| Trios per color: | 3 | |
| Number of colors: | 1 per player | |
| - - - - - - Other equipment - - - - - - | ||
| playing cards or Zark City cards | ||
| Setup time: | 2 minutes | |
| Playing time: | 15 - 45 minutes | |
| Strategy depth: | Medium | |
| Random chance: | Low | |
| Game mechanics: | modular board, hand & stash management | |
| Theme: | Abstract | |
| BGG Link: | Zark City | |
| Status: Complete (v2.0), Year released: 2008 | ||
Zark City is an Icehouse game for 2 to 5 players designed by Andy Looney, 2008. It requires three Treehouse sets and a deck of playing cards.
Zark City is a reduction design, distilling a more complicated game into something lighter, quicker, and easier to learn. It does for Zarcana/Gnostica what IceTowers did for Icehouse.
External Links
- The full rules are available on the Wunderland page.
- Andy's article about inventing the game
- Sample game on YouTube
- Link to the Spanish translation of the rules (hosted on BGG): ZarkCity-Esp.pdf
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