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City of Gears

#131682BGG ↗

2012 · 2-4 players · 60min · weight 2.66 · 1,069 ratings

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ID
131682
Name
City of Gears
Year
2012
Rank
2973
Min players
2
Max players
4
Playing time
60
Min playtime
45
Max playtime
60
Avg weight
2.6562
Num weights
32
Bayes avg
5.80566
Average
6.52873
Users rated
1069
Num owned
2586
Wanting
36
Wishing
310
Num comments
367
Fetched at
Sat Apr 25 2026 16:19:07 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (5)
Area Majority / InfluenceDice RollingModular BoardTake ThatWorker Placement
Categories (1)
City Building
Description (1089 chars)

City of Gears is a unique steampunk game of exploration, area control, worker placement, and engine building. From your incredible Factory, you must race to claim ownership over the magnificent ruins of an abandoned clockwork metropolis. Each game plays in under an hour, and because only nine of the city tiles (from dozens available) are randomly chosen and placed each game, no two games ever play the same. Each turn, you roll a number of production dice and activate City Tiles, then you move your automaton workers and perform a variety of actions (such as drawing and placing gears to reactivate areas of the city, sabotaging opponents, and activating unique steam powers) as determined by your resources. Along the way, you will develop your Factory with special powers which set it apart and provide you with powerful bonuses. As the city is revealed and its abilities are discovered, players must concoct plans to accrue prestige and hinder opponents so that once Opening Day arrives, they will emerge victorious! Do you have what it takes to set the City of Gears in motion?

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