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2024 Ranked #3,270

Link City

A city is more than streets and buildings—it is the connections people see between them. Think together, place carefully, and make every link count.

City Building Party Game Cooperative Game Tile Placement

Players

2-6

Play time

30 min

Age

8+

Complexity

1.08/5

Rating

7.13

Easier to teach Highly interactive Light strategy

Overview

At a glance

Is this game right for my group?

ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 4.8/5

Easier to teach

Replay value 4.3/5

High replayability

Interaction 4.5/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.3/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 1.8/5

Light strategy

Player control 3.5/5

More strategic control

Setup time About 3 min
Teach time About 5 min
Table footprint Medium
Campaign commitment No campaign
Recommended edition Link City – Blue Orange Games English Edition (2024)
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How it plays

How does it play?

Build a cooperative city one illustrated tile at a time, predicting the connections your partners will see before the map runs out of space.

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

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Link City is a cooperative party game about making intuitive connections between illustrated locations. One player acts as architect, secretly deciding where a new tile belongs in relation to the growing city; the others discuss the images and try to place it where the architect intended. Success depends less on factual trivia than on learning how the group associates ideas, so every result feels like a small act of collective mind-reading. The tile-placement puzzle keeps the conversation grounded in a visible city, while short rounds and simple rules make the game welcoming for families and mixed-experience groups. As the map expands, earlier decisions constrain later placements and transform a sequence of guesses into a shared urban story.

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Editions

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Edition Year Language Publisher / Region
Link City – Blue Orange Games English Edition (2024) 2024 English Blue Orange Games / US

Game and edition data

All specifications (18)

Play and group

Players
2–6
Play time
30 min
Age
8+
Complexity
1.1/5
App
None app

Practicalities

Setup time
About 3 min
Teach time
About 5 min
Teardown time
About 3 min
Table footprint
Medium

Campaign and continuity

Campaign commitment
No campaign
Group continuity
Flexible
Resettable
Fully Resettable

Edition and product

Recommended edition
Link City – Blue Orange Games English Edition (2024)
Language
English
Region
US
Availability
Current
Edition type
Standard
Current edition
Yes
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Émilien Alquier

Artists

2
Mathieu Clauss Franz Lejeune

Publishers

1
Bandjo

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