Machi Koro

Setup

1

Everyone grabs their starter pack:

2 face-up starter cards in front of you:

1x Wheat Field

1x Bakery

4 major projects eagerly awaiting your construction:

1x Train Station

1x Shopping Mall

1x Amusement Park

1x Radio Tower

And let's not forget: 3 coins as your starting capital

2

Place your cards on the table like this

3

The rest of the major projects? Into the box they go!

If you're less than 4 players, the Wheat Fields and Bakeries also join them in the box

4

Sort the other cards by the 15 different enterprises

Arrange them in ascending order – from small to big

Start with Wheat Field 1, then Ranch 2, and so on

5

And the remaining coins? Pile them up next to the layout

This pile belongs to the bank – hands off!

6

Who starts the game?

The youngest player! Then it's clockwise from there

Goal

1

Be the first to build your 4 major projects and victory is yours

You must pay for and turn over all four major project cards

Then their colorful sides will shine

Here's more info on the major projects

Gameplay

1

Start by rolling one die

Once you've flipped the Train Station, you can roll both dice

And count the total sum, not each die separately!

2

Pay your fellow players

They collect coins on your turn if:

their card matches your die sum

and shows the multiplayer symbol,

i.e., on blue or red cards

Coins come from the bank or straight from your pocket

Pay first, then earn – that's the deal!

Payments go counterclockwise

If you're out of coins, the remaining players get nothing

3

Then check which of your cards bring in income

Every card matching the die number rings your cash register

Exception: red cards

They only pay out if rolled by a fellow player

You get to keep that income, of course

And when a fellow player rolls your number

you cash in for cards with the multiplayer symbol

4

Buy ONE card – an enterprise or a major project

For this, you must pay the bank the stated amount of coins

Got multiple identical cards? Just stack them visibly on top of each other

You can only have one of each violet card

Or treat yourself to a major project and flip the card

From then on, it's active and affects gameplay – more on that below

In the first few games, everyone can have a maximum of 2 cards of a kind

Fairness for all while you're still in learning mode.

Infos

1

Train Station:

Now it's about the sum of both dice, not individually

2

Shopping Mall:

Earn an extra coin for every red or green card payout

3

Amusement Park:

Only with Train Station, meaning with two dice

Roll a double and you get to go again

4

Radio Tower:

If you don't like the die roll, you get a second chance