Overview
At a glance
Is this game right for my group?
ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Harder to teach
High replayability
Highly interactive
Scales well
Deep strategy
More strategic control
How it plays
How does it play?
Travel between cities, draft shared dice, gather art supplies, and publish illustrated travel journals for money and prestige.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
Set Collection
Gather related items that become more valuable when scored together.
Open Drafting
Select cards or items from a shared face-up display.
Worker Placement with Dice Workers
Use Worker Placement with Dice Workers as a recurring structure for player decisions and resolution.
Point-to-Point Movement
Move along explicit connections between named locations or nodes.
End Game Bonuses
Earn additional points for meeting conditions evaluated when the game ends.
Read the full game description
Urban Sketchers turns a globe-trotting art practice into a medium-weight eurogame. A shared dice roll drives the action economy: each chosen die can fund travel, gather resources, acquire illustration cards, add a sketch to a notebook, or publish a finished report. Publishing earns money for longer journeys and prestige for victory, while specializations and upgrades make each artist more efficient over time. The pace is controlled by the players because the game ends only after enough reports have been published, creating tension between polishing one more notebook and closing the exhibition.
