Underwater Cities (EN) - board game

Product detailed description

Earth is overpopulated, resources are running dry, and attempts to colonize Mars have failed. Humanity has only one option left — the depths of the oceans. 🌊

In this strategic eurogame, you take on the role of a visionary tasked with building self-sufficient underwater habitats connected by a network of tunnels, cities, and production buildings. Construct farms, laboratories, and desalination plants to sustain life beneath the waves and create a new civilization.

The core mechanism is card placement: if you match the color of your card with the color of the action slot on the main board, you trigger both the action and the card bonus. Every turn is a puzzle — expand your network, manage resources, upgrade cities, and compete to create the most prosperous underwater world.

With over 200 cards, a variable player board, and rich strategic depth, Underwater Cities offers an immersive and rewarding experience for fans of complex and elegant euro-style games.

💡 Designed by Vladimír Suchý, this game challenges players to build the future of humankind — beneath the surface.

🎲 Game components:

• Main game board

• 4 double-sided player boards

• 4 overview tables

• 4 final scoring cards

• 4 personal assistant action cards (in player colors)

• Era I deck – 66 cards

• Era II deck – 57 cards

• Era III deck – 57 cards

• 10 three-credit cards

• 15 one- and two-credit cards

• 8 task cards

• 3 action tiles in 4 colors

• Credit tokens (10-value ×5, 5-value ×10, 1-value ×20)

• Kelp tokens (1-value ×15, 3-value ×9)

• Steelplast tokens (1-value ×15, 3-value ×9)

• Biomatter tokens (1-value ×10, 3-value ×7)

• Science tokens (1-value ×10, 3-value ×8)

• 16 hexagonal metropolis tiles (11 blue, 5 brown)

• 47 double-sided tunnel tiles

• 1 “Copy Action” tile

• 4 quantity markers

• 37 farm discs

• 37 desalination discs

• 37 laboratory discs

• 17 non-symbiotic city domes

• 13 symbiotic city domes

• 1 time marker

• 3 cylinders in each of the 4 player colors

🕐 Playing time: 40 min/player
👥 Players: 1–4
🎂 Age: 12+