{"product_id":"councils-contracts","title":"Councils \u0026 Contracts","description":"\u003ctable width=\"100%\" padding=\"1\" margin=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDesigner\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.booyakajuice.com\/collections\/kalle-malmioja\"\u003eKalle Malmioja\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.booyakajuice.com\/collections\/all\/mucke-spiele\"\u003eMücke Spiele\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlayers\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e2-5\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlaytime\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e40 mins\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSuggested Age\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e10 and up\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr id=\"bgg-row\" style=\"display: none;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd id=\"bgg-column-info\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAdditional Info\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd id=\"bgg-column\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"bgg-url\" style=\"display: none;\"\u003e147892\/councils-contracts\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"bgg-forum-url\" style=\"display: none;\"\u003ehttp:\/\/boardgamegeek.com\/forum\/1439516\/councils-contracts\/reviews\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe highest decision-making organ in a city is the City Council, which lays down the general operative and financial outlines for a city and decides on its main objectives. The true power, however, is a little further down the hierarchy in the different councils working under the City Council.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the card-driven game \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCouncils \u0026amp; Contracts\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, the players act as developers who try to push their own objectives — namely, receiving lucrative building contracts. Therefore, it's important for them to gain influence in every one of the councils since doing so is crucial for deciding the assignment of building contracts. Naturally, all of the developers are keen to gain that influence...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCouncils \u0026amp; Contracts\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e is the winner of the third game author's competition \u003ca rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.spielmaterial.de\/wettbewerb\/home4.htm\"\u003e\"Edition Kofferspiele\"\u003c\/a\u003e organized by Mücke Spiele\/Spielmaterial. In that competition the limitation was that the game fits in 11 x 7,5 x 3 cm metal box. Similar to Hart an der Grenze smuggling boxes. It is easy and light to take with you and has a lot of game inside the box.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eComponents:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1 City Hall card\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5 Council cards\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e25 Influence cards (5 per player)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e36 Building project cards\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e30 Employees (6 in 5 different colors)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5 Point markers (in 5 colours)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e25 Transparent markers (to track influence)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1 Score board\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBasic gameplay:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlayers start with four workers and can lose or gain more through actions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere are four possible actions but only two of them are available depending whether player has workers in his play area or not.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf a player has workers on his play area he must place them either on council rooms (two in one council room or one in three council rooms) or start a building project using influence and depending on project one or two workers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf a player doesn't have any workers he must take them out either from one council room (giving influence to each player with presence in that room) or finish a building project and take the depicted building action, which usually returns the workers back to players playing area.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere are eight buildings projects shown and after the building deck is depleted and only four building projects are shown the game ends. There are then two extra actions per player and final scoring.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGame variants:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst\/short game: Remove cards 29 - 37 and the promos.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMixed setup: After shuffling the A and B decks (separately) remove four cards from both of them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGears council: Use the gears (brown) council like the 5 player council instructs but receive gears influence.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mücke Spiele","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":738734669,"sku":"91-146","price":18.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/www.booyakajuice.com\/s\/files\/1\/0274\/9631\/products\/Councils_Contracts.png?v=1578608907","url":"https:\/\/www.booyakajuice.com\/products\/councils-contracts","provider":"booyakajuice","version":"1.0","type":"link"}