We Play: Underwater Cities

We Play is a member-sponsored event where they host games from their collection to teach and play.

Underwater Cities: 8.1

In Underwater Cities, which takes about 30-45 minutes per player, players represent the most powerful brains in the world, brains nominated due to the overpopulation of Earth to establish the best and most livable underwater areas possible.

The main principle of the game is card placement. Three colored cards are placed along the edge of the mainboard into 3 x 5 slots, which are also colored. Ideally, players can place cards into slots of the same color. Then they can take both actions and advantages: the action depicted in the slot on the mainboard and also the advantage of the card. Actions and advantages can allow players to intake raw materials; to build and upgrade city domes, tunnels and production buildings such as farms, desalination devices and laboratories in their…