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2026 Ranked #8,800

Minikin City

Compete for rewards, tuck every played card into your city, and turn a tiny population of Minikins into a clever scoring engine.

Card Game City Building Trick-taking

Players

2-5

Play time

30 min

Age

10+

Complexity

1.57/5

Rating

7.33

Easier to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

At a glance

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 4.0/5

Easier to teach

Replay value 4.3/5

High replayability

Interaction 4.0/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.3/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 3.8/5

Deep strategy

Player control 4.3/5

More strategic control

Setup time About 5 min
Teach time About 10 min
Table footprint Small
Recommended edition Minikin City – Cranio Creations English edition
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How it plays

How does it play?

Play every card twice: first to compete for a round reward, then to populate buildings that score your growing Minikin city.

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

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Minikin City is a compact card game in which every play serves two purposes. Reward cards define the round’s most valuable color, and the cards committed to the trick determine who chooses rewards first. Those same cards then become Minikins placed beneath city cards, filling icon requirements and activating varied scoring effects. The result is a brisk contest of timing, color management, and building an efficient little city from the cards you have already spent.

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Editions

Language and publisher variants currently recorded in the catalog.

Edition Year Language Publisher / Region
Minikin City – Cranio Creations English edition 2026 English Cranio Creations / EU

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Play and group

Players
2–5
Play time
30 min
Age
10+
Complexity
1.6/5
Language dependence
Medium
App
None app

Practicalities

Setup time
About 5 min
Teach time
About 10 min
Teardown time
About 5 min
Table footprint
Small

Campaign and continuity

Group continuity
Flexible
Resettable
Fully Resettable

Edition and product

Recommended edition
Minikin City – Cranio Creations English edition
Language
English
Region
EU
Availability
Current
Edition type
Standard Edition
Current edition
Yes
Components
211
Consumable components
One Score Sheet Page Per Game.
Compatibility
Verified Physical Cranio Creations English Edition Cra Cc834 / Ean 8034055588345 With English Rules And Current Exact Edition Stock.
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

2
Simone Luciani Matthieu Verdier

Artists

1
Kerri Aitken

Publishers

1
Cranio Creations

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