- Publisher : Gigamic
- Designer(s) : Jules Messaud
- Artist(s) : Pauline Detraz
- Players : 1–4
- Playing time : 20–30 Min
- Weight BGG : 1.79
What's this?
Akropolis is a tile placement game.
Build housing, temples, markets, gardens and barracks, in order to grow your city and guarantee its victory over others. Increase its prestige through harmonious planning according to specific rules, and improve it by building public squares.
How do you play?
Starting with the Chief Architect, the Architects take turns and perform the following two actions:
– Take a tile from a market or tile yard
– Add the tile to your City
To score victory points in Akropolis, you must build districts in your city and beautify them with squares.
Each district has a victory point value which depends on its type (dwellings, markets, barracks etc.) and its location in your city.
The districts that you place on a higher floor have a higher prestige value higher than those of a lower level.
Each square has a star rating which determines how many prestige points it adds to a district type.
In At the end of the game, the player with the most victory points wins.
Is it good?
Akropolis shines as a family game and having recently distinguished itself by winning the 2023 Golden Ace in the “All public” category.
Offering known mechanics and rules that can be assimilated in only 5 minutes, this game stands out for its efficiency and fluidity, guaranteeing immediate pleasure.
The game offers a dose of reflection by inviting you to skilfully optimize the arrangement of your tiles within your city and a competition will emerge to access certain star-studded places.
Nevertheless, it is true that the game does not reinvent the wheel, and you can sometimes feel a sense of déjà vu. to tile placement games. Personally, it seems to lack that spark of madness or that indefinable element that would make it a must-play for me.
However, Akropolis remains an excellent choice for a broad audience. Whether you’re a seasoned player or a beginner, you’ll enjoy building your own city.
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Review Akropolis
Positives
- Simple and addictive gameplay
- Effective game for a wide audience
- Quick games
Negatives
- Too classic?
Breakdown
- Components and illustrations 7.5
- Mechanics 8.0
- Theme 6.5
- Replayability 8.0
- Handling 10.0
- Interaction 7.5
- Originality 6.0
