Barcelona (Board Game)

It’s the mid-19th century. The city of Barcelona is the most denselypopulated city in all of Europe. Shortly after the old city walls were finallydestroyed, Ildefons Cerd, who is now considered the inventor of urbanism,presented the plan for the creation of the Eixample, the expansion thatBarcelona so desperately needed. Its construction began in 1860.

In Barcelona, you will take on the role of builders in 19th-century Barcelonawho are working on the new expansion to the city. Your main goal is to constructbuildings to accommodate the citizens who want to leave the old city, and in theprocess, you will also build streets, create tram lines, and build publicservices. You may even decide to explore Modernisme, a new architecturaland arts style that has been gaining popularity among the rich.

Barcelona is played over a variable number of rounds interrupted by threescoring phases before a final scoring phase. Every round, each player takes asingle turn consisting of two or more actions, a building phase, and thenpreparation for their next turn. At the end of the game, the player with themost points wins.