Manual — Suburbia (second edition)

Contents

+ $10
+ $8
+ $6
+ $4
+ $2
+ $0
+ $0

1 double-sided Market Board (the back is used for 5 players if you have Suburbia Expansions)

4 Population Meeples
4 Reputation Cubes
4 Income Cylinders

2X 2X 2X
2X 2X 2X
2X 2X 2X

1 Start Player
Marker

12 Investment
Markers

1 One More
Round Tile

20 Goal Tiles

1 Population Board

30 $1s
20 $5s
20 $10s

4 Borough Boards

32 A Tiles
36 B Tiles
32 C Tiles
8 Suburbs
Tiles
8 Community
Park Tiles
8 Heavy
Factory Tiles

Contents

1 Rules

1 Reference

2 Base Trays

2 lids

Keep the foam and punched spruces to place under these trays until you purchase
Suburbia Expansions, which should be put into this box with its trays.

Go to beziermegames.com for suggestions on how to store your tiles in the trays.

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Game Setup

1
Place the Population
board in the middle of
the table, and place the
Market board on the
table with the 1-4 player
side faceup near it.

2
Shuffle 3 stacks of facedown tiles, each stack with a letter
on the back (A, B, and C). Then place the following
number of tiles on each stack of the Market board:

A B C
1 or 2 Players 14 12 17
3 Players 18 15 23
4 Players 22 20 29

3
Add the One More Round tile to the C stack in the
following way:
Mix the facedown One More Round tile with 6, 9, or 12
tiles from the C stack for 2, 3, or 4 players, respectively,
placing them under the C stack on the Market board. Then
take five C tiles from the top of the C stack and place them
on the bottom of the C stack (under the tiles you just
mixed).

ONE MORE ROUND
After this round is over, the
Start Player and each player
after them take one more
turn, after which
the game is over.
This is the last round of
the Real Estate Market.

4
Place money near
the Market board.

5
Take seven A tiles from the top of the A
stack you've created and place them
faceup below the Market board, creating
the Real Estate Market.

6
Shuffle the goal tiles facedown. Randomly
select one goal per player, and place them
faceup on the Market Board. Keep the rest
nearby for Player Setup.

7
Place four Heavy Factory,
Community Park, and
Suburbs tiles faceup near
the Market board.

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Player Setup

1
Randomly choose a start player and
give them the Start Player marker.

2
For each player: gather $15 in coins,
two random facedown goals, a
Borough board, three Investment
markers, and all the wood pieces of
the same color, and place them in
front of you.

3
On your Borough board, place your Income cylinder on the 0 Income space
and your Reputation cube on the 1 Reputation space.

4
Place your Population meeple on the
2 spot on the Population board.

5
Place one Suburbs tile in the middle
slot of your Borough board, then one
Community Park tile next to it, and
one Heavy Factory tile next to the
Community Park tile as shown here.

If playing with the reverse side of the
Borough board, place the Suburbs in
the middle slot against the Borough
board, then the Community Park
directly above the Suburbs tile, then
the Heavy Factory directly above the
Community Park tile.

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Look at your two facedown
goals. Keep one, and put the
other back in the box. Don't
show anyone either of them.
The one you keep is your
private goal.

GOAL
KEEP

GOAL
BOX

Plan, build, and develop a small town into a major metropolis.
Use building tiles to add residential, commercial, civic, and industrial areas, as well as special points of interest that
provide benefits and take advantage of the resources of nearby boroughs.
Your goal is to have your borough thrive and end up with a greater population than any of your opponents.

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Types of Tiles
Residential Industrial Lake
Commercial Civic

Gameplay
On your turn, perform the following four actions in order:
1. Place one building tile or one Investment marker in your borough.
2. Collect or pay money (based on your Income).
3. Adjust Population on the Population Board (based on your Reputation).
4. Add a new tile to the Real Estate Market.

1. Place One Building Tile or One Investment Marker
You must choose one of four options: a) take a tile from the Real Estate Market, b) take a
basic tile from the supply, c) take a tile to use as a Lake, or d) place an Investment marker.

a) Take a Tile from the Real Estate Market
When taking a tile from the Real Estate Market, pay the cost shown above the tile (if any)
on the Real Estate Market, plus the cost on the tile to the supply. Then place the purchased
tile adjacent to any of your tiles. When you do, make any adjustments as noted on the tile
descriptions of the placed tile as well as any other affected tiles (see Tile Effect Resolution
Order on p. 6). You must be able to pay the full cost for the tile before you place it (i.e., you
may not use money you receive from placing the tile to pay for the tile initially).
A tile's effects can be triggered after it is placed. For instance, placing a new Commercial
tile next to an existing Community Park results in +1 Reputation each time it happens,
even late in the game.
Income and Reputation can never fall below -5 or rise above 15.

Dakota wants an Office Building. That tile costs $9
and provides +1 Income upon placement and then +1
Income for each adjacent Commercial tile. It is on the
+ $2 space of the Real Estate Market.
Dakota pays $11 to the supply, and places the
Office Building next to her Heavy Factory and her
Community Park, which provides a +1 Reputation
bonus for each adjacent Industrial, Commercial, or
Residential tile.
Dakota moves her Income cylinder up 1 space (+1
Income for the immediate effect of Office Building),
then moves her Reputation cube up 1 space (The
conditional effect of the Community Park is +1
reputation for each adjacent Commercial tile).

b) Take a Basic Tile
You may take any available basic tile: Suburbs, Community Park, or Heavy Factory. If you
do, pay the cost on the tile. Place this tile in the same manner as if you had bought it from
the Real Estate Market. These tiles are limited, and can run out during a game. You can't
buy any more of a basic tile once it is gone.
After placing a basic tile, you must take any tile from the Real Estate Market, pay only the
cost printed above the tile (if any), and discard it.

Toni takes and places a Suburbs on her turn. She then must discard a tile from the
Real Estate Market. She can remove Mobile Home Community or Waterfront Realty
for free, but she doesn't want Gage, who goes next, to get the Fancy Restaurant tile,
so she pays $4 to the supply to discard the Fancy Restaurant.

c) Take a Tile to Use as a Lake
When taking a tile to use as a Lake, you must choose a tile from the Real Estate Market.
Pay only the cost printed on the Real Estate Market—not the cost on the tile. Place this
tile facedown adjacent to one or more of your tiles (which may be faceup or facedown),
and gain $2 per adjacent Industrial, Civic, Residential, or Commercial tile for doing so. If
you place another Industrial, Civic, Residential, or Commercial tile next to a Lake, gain $2
from the supply. When you place another Lake adjacent to an existing Lake, do not gain
$2 for adjacency to the other Lake tile(s).

the Fancy Restaurant c Take a Tile to Use as a Lake When taking a tile to use as a Lake you must choose a tile from the Real Estate Market Pay only the cost printed on the Real Estate Market not the cost on the tile Place this tile facedown adjacent to one or more of your tiles which may be faceup or facedown and gain 2 per adjacent Industrial Civic Residential or Commercial tile for doing so If you place another Industrial Civic Residential or Commercial tile next to a Lake gain 2 from the supply When you place another Lake adjacent to an existing Lake do not gain 2 for adjacency to the other Lake tile s

d) Place an Investment Marker
You may place an Investment marker on any of your tiles—including a Lake—that does
not already have an Investment marker on it. If you do, pay the cost of the chosen tile
again, and place an Investment marker on the upper left corner of that tile. Remember,
when you place an Investment marker, do not place a tile.
An Investment marker doubles the effects of a tile it is placed on. For instance, an
Investment marker placed on a Community Park results in -1 Income, and +1
Reputation for each adjacent Industrial, Commercial, or Residential tile.
Placing an Investment marker does not trigger other tiles' conditional effects. For
example, placing an Investment marker on a Community Park that is adjacent to a Heavy
Factory does not trigger the -1 Reputation of the Heavy Factory again. An Investment
marker does not make the tile it is placed on count as two of those tiles.
An Investment marker's effects are in place for the rest of the game, so for the example
above, if another Industrial, Commercial, or Residential tile is placed adjacent to the
Community Park when an Investment marker is already on it, you gain +1 Reputation
twice, for a total of +2 Reputation.
After placing an Investment marker, you must take any tile from the Real Estate Market,
pay only the cost printed above the tile (if any), and discard it.

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Gage wants to place an Investment marker on
a tile. His three best options are placing it on
(1) the "A" Lake tile, which costs $0 and gives
Gage $10 ($2 for each of the 5 adjacent tiles),
(2) the Parking Lot, which costs $12 and allows
Gage to move his Income cylinder 3 spaces
to the right (+1 Income for the Parking Lot
itself, +1 Income for the adjacent Community
Building), or (3) the Community Park, which
costs $4 and reduces Gage's Income by 1 but allows him
to move his Reputation cube 3 spaces to the right (+1
Reputation for the adjacent Suburb, +1 Reputation for the adjacent
Heavy Factory, and +1 Reputation for the adjacent Parking Lot).

2. Collect or Pay Money (based on Income)
If your Income cylinder is on a positive number, take that amount of money from
the supply. If your Income cylinder is on a negative number, pay that amount immediately
to the supply. If you don't have enough money, pay what you can and then move your
Population meeple backward one space for each $1 you still owe. A player cannot have
a Population less than 0, so if your Population meeple is at 0 and you still owe money,
nothing happens.

3. Adjust Population (based on Reputation)
If your Reputation cube is on a positive number, increase your Population by that
amount. If your Reputation cube is on a negative number, decrease your Population by
that amount. If your Population meeple is at 0, but you still have negative Reputation
to account for, pay $1 to the supply for each remaining point. If you run out of money,
nothing happens.

As your borough grows, it costs more to maintain, and its "small town" charm
decrease. This is represented by red lines on the Population track. When your Population
meeple crosses a red line, reduce your Income and Reputation each by 1 (one space to the
left) for every red line you move past. If your Population dips below a red line, increase
your Income and Reputation each by 1 (one space to the right).

When you place a tile, sometimes you have multiple adjustments. When adjusting
Population past a red line, immediately decrease your Income and Reputation, even if
you haven't finished all the other adjustments yet.

If a decrease to Income or Reputation would cause either or both to be less than -5, the
Income cylinder or Reputation cube stays at -5.

4. Add a New Tile to the Real Estate Market
Slide the remaining tiles on the Real Estate Market to the right to fill in the gap from the
removed tile (there will always be a tile removed on each player's turn). Then take a new
tile from the appropriate stack (see Tile Progression below), placing it faceup at the far left
of the Real Estate Market.

Tile Progression
As the game continues, eventually the tiles from the A stack will run out. The next tile
should be drawn from the top of the B stack. When the B stack runs out, the next tile
should be drawn from the top of the C stack. Somewhere in the bottom half of the C stack
is the One More Round tile, which indicates that the game will end soon (see End of the
Game).

End of the Game
When the One More Round tile is flipped over, discard it and finish the current round
(draw another tile to replace the One More Round tile). Then everyone plays one more
full round, starting with the start player. All players take the same number of turns in the
game.

Final Scoring
After the last player finishes their turn, begin final scoring. There are two parts to final
scoring: goals and converting money to Population. Always score goals first.

Ignore Red lines During Final Scoring
At the end of the game, Population bonuses for accomplished goals and converting
money to Population do not trigger the Income and Reputation effect of the red lines.

Award Goals
The Population bonus from each public goal is awarded to a single player who achieves
that goal. If two or more players tie for a goal, no one scores that goal's Population bonus.
Then, in turn order, reveal each player's private goals. If a player has singularly achieved
their private goal (without tying another player), they score that goal's Population bonus.
Only the owner of a private goal tile may score the Population bonus for that goal.

Goal tiles can be either public (placed on the Market Board
with everyone vying for them) or private (kept by a single
player at the beginning of the game, which only they can
score). In both cases, the points are scored at the end of
the game, and only by a player who has alone achieved
the goal (ties result in no one scoring that Population
bonus). For private goals, only the owner of the goal tile
may score the end game Population bonus.

If a player has singularly achieved their private goal without tying another player they score that goal s Population bonus Only the owner of a private goal tile may score the Population bonus for that goal Goal tiles can be either public placed on the Market Board with everyone vying for them or private kept by a single player at the beginning of the game which only they can score In both cases the points are scored at the end of the game and only by a player who has alone achieved the goal ties result in no one scoring that Population bonus For private goals only the owner of the goal tile may score the end game Population bonus

In the case of tile goals, these always refer to tiles placed in
each player's borough. The same goes for the Employer (Fewest
Investment Markers) goal; only the Investment markers played in a player's borough
count towards that goal.

When scoring a Population bonus, red lines do not adjust a player's Income or
Reputation.

Players score goals before exchanging money for Population ($5 per 1 Population).
This ensures that the Billionaire (Most Money on Hand) and Spendthrift (Least
Money on Hand) goal winners are determined before money is exchanged for
Population.

Convert Money to Population
Convert your money by returning it to the supply. Score 1 Population for every $5 you
return to the supply, rounded down (keep any leftover money as a 3rd-level tiebreaker).

Winning and Tiebreaking
The player with the highest Population on the Population board wins!
In case of a tie, the player with the highest Reputation among tied players wins. In case
of another tie, the player with the highest Income among tied players wins. If players are
still tied, the player with the most remaining money (not including money converted for
Population) wins.

In case of a further tie (at which point the tied players are probably incredibly amused),
all tied players play another game of Suburbia to determine the winner of the first game.

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Building Tiles

Each building tile that you place affects your city in some way. Tiles generally fall into one of four categories: Residential, Industrial, Commercial, and Civic. Most tiles give bonuses or penalties to Income, Reputation, or Population, and some give you special abilities.

Tiles must always be placed so that at least one edge is adjacent to another tile (faceup or facedown). Tiles can be placed so that they go around (but not on top of) the Borough board or other tiles.

Tile Cost: $9 + the amount printed on the Real Estate Market above where this tile was displayed.

Tile Kind: This is a Commercial tile.

Conditional Effect: Move your Income cylinder to the left one space for every other Restaurant tile built after this one.

Immediate Effect: Move your Income cylinder 3 spaces to the right.

Interactive Icon(s): This tile interacts with other tiles that have a Restaurant icon.

Tile Name

Tile Terminology

/(between icons): That effect applies to any tiles with any of those icons.

for all other boroughs: This refers to tiles in every borough except yours.

for each adjacent: These tiles require you to count the number of tiles of that kind that are directly next to the tile, where one straight edge of the tile touches a straight edge of another tile.

for each of your: This refers to tiles that you have placed in your borough only (and in some cases even the tile itself if it is the type specified). For instance, a High School provides its owner with 3 Population for every Residential tile in the owner's borough.

for every: This refers to all tiles in all boroughs, including your own borough and including the tile itself (if it fits the criteria).

$: When shown on the left corner, this is the cost of the tile. When shown elsewhere, you will take $ from the supply (or in cases when it is red, put it back in the supply). For all tiles where you take money from the supply, gain that money both when you place that tile, as well as when designated tiles are placed afterward.

OO: Increase (black) or decrease (red) your income on your Borough board by the number shown.

■■: Increase (white) or decrease (red) your reputation on your Borough board by the number shown.

★★: Increase (gray) or decrease (red) your population on the Population track by the number shown.

Leveraging Tiles that Give You $

If you place the Homeowner's Association tile on the very first turn of a 4-player game, you'll pay $6 to place the tile, and then instantly take $10 from the supply (because there are 5 Residential tiles in the game at that time: 4 Suburbs and 1 Homeowner's Association). From that point on, when anyone places a Residential tile (including you), take $2.

Tile Effect Resolution Order

Use the following order to resolve the effects of tiles:

1. Pay the cost of the tile shown on the left corner of the tile (and any additional cost shown in the Real Estate Market).

2. Adjust according to the immediate effect in the upper right of the tile.

3. Adjust according to the conditional effect at the bottom of the tile.

4. Adjust according to the conditional effect on any non-adjacent tiles in your borough.

5. Adjust according to the conditional effect on any non-adjacent tiles in your borough.

6. Check with other players to see if any of their tiles cause you to make adjustments.

7. Check with other players to see if their boroughs are affected by the tile you've played.

Tile effects can stack, and players may have more than one of the same named tile. For instance, it is okay to have two Fast Food Restaurants in a single borough.

Interactive Icon Tiles

Some tiles have a conditional effect that triggers from a specific icon on the right edge of another tile. For instance, the Business Supply Store gains +1 Income for every tile with an Office icon (a little briefcase) on it. The icons are:

Restaurant
Airport
Office
School
Car Dealership

How Restaurants Work

The Fast Food Restaurant is a Commercial tile with the Restaurant icon on the right edge. The Fancy Restaurant, however, has a conditional effect that reduces the owner's Income by -1 for each Restaurant put into any player's borough after it is placed. The Farm and Slaughterhouse each increase their owner's Income by 1 for each Restaurant in anyone's borough.

Here's an example of how this works on the first round:

Fil buys a Farm and places it next to his Community Park and Heavy Factory. His Reputation remains the same (-1 Reputation for placing the Farm, but +1 Reputation because it is next to a Community Park).

Office School Car Dealership How Restaurants Work The Fast Food Restaurant is a Commercial tile with the Restaurant icon on the right edge The Fancy Restaurant however has a conditional effect that reduces the owner s Income by 1 for each Restaurant put into any player s borough after it is placed The Farm and Slaughterhouse each increase their owner s Income by 1 for each Restaurant in anyone s borough Here s an example of how this works on the first round Fil buys a Farm and places it next to his Community Park and Heavy Factory His Reputation remains the same 1 Reputation for placing the Farm but 1 Reputation because it is next to a Community Park

Next, Augusto buys a Fancy Restaurant and places it next to his Community Park and Heavy Factory. This increases his Income by 3 and his Reputation by 1. When Augusto places his Fancy Restaurant, Fil increases his Income by 1 (even though Augusto placed the Fancy Restaurant in his own borough on his own turn).

Finally, Clara places a Fast Food Restaurant next to her Suburbs and Community Park, increasing her Income by 1, her Population by 3, and her Reputation by 1. Fil increases his Income by 1 for his Farm. Augusto reduces his Income by -1, because another Restaurant was placed after his Fancy Restaurant was placed.

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Solo Game #1:
The Lone Architect

Enjoy all the challenge of a multiplayer game in less than 30 minutes! Gameplay is just
like the 2-player game, but you need only one Borough board. Additional changes are
described below.

Setup

Use the 2-player tile stacks setup, but don't place or distribute any goals.

Your Turn

Moving past a red line results in -2 Income and -2 Reputation.
Before the fourth action in your turn (add a new tile to the Real Estate Market), remove
one more tile from the Real Estate Market, using the same rules as if you had placed an
Investment marker or a basic tile. Then add two tiles to the left end of the Real Estate Market.

Scoring for Solo Games
Compare your final score to the
achievement ladder on the right to
determine how high you climbed.

For Solo Game #2: Dale the Bot, you
must beat Dale for your score to even
register.

Playing with the expansion tiles can
make winning (and scoring high on the
acheivement ladder) even more difficult.

Play with a fully randomized set of
regular and expansion tiles for the
ultimate challenge!

136 → ∞ CEO of Suburbia Inc.
121 → 135 Principal Architect
106 → 120 Architectural Engineer
91 → 105 Architectural Designer
76 → 90 Draftsman
60 → 75 Subcontractor
1 → 59 Junior Intern

Solo Game #2:
Dale the Bot

In this solo game, you'll be playing against Dale the Bot, who has no emotions. You go
first each round (Dale doesn't object because he has no other friends).

Setup

Setup is the same as in the 2-player game with the following exceptions:
1. Each stack (A, B, C) should have 25 tiles.
2. Place four tiles from the A stack faceup along the bottom edge of the Real Estate
Market under the $6, $4, $2, and the leftmost $0 space. You'll only use those spaces of
the Real Estate Market during the game.
3. Mix the One More Round tile with 12 tiles from the C stack, and place those tiles
facedown on the bottom of the C stack.
4. Place the tile stacks on the Market board.
5. Shuffle the goals facedown and place three random goals faceup on the goal spaces on
the Market board. If you reveal a goal with a Lake or Investment marker, discard it and
replace it with another tile.

Your Turn

Take a normal turn, following normal rules. The three tiles not bought are left in the Real
Estate Market (do not move them).

Dale's Turn

Dale isn't too smart, but he has some advantages. He plays by the following rules:
Dale buys the most expensive tile available (based on the tile price plus Real Estate
Market adjustment), but he only pays $3 for it. In the case of two or more tiles with the
same costs, he buys the leftmost tile.
Dale never buys a basic tile, never creates a Lake, and never plays an Investment marker.
Place the purchased tile in the best spot possible (after taking into account all tile
interactions), using the following rule: increase the most Reputation and Income when
both are added together (ties favor Reputation).
As long as the placement rule above is followed, the tile can be placed on any valid space.
After Dale buys a tile, places it, and adjusts his Income and Reputation, discard the two
tiles remaining in the Real Estate Market.

Next Round

Place four new tiles in the Real Estate Market on $6, $4, $2, and the leftmost $0 space.

Game End

When the One More Round tile appears, the game ends immediately. Do not take
another turn. Go directly to scoring goals and converting money to Population.

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Playtesters

Carol Alspach, Dakota Alspach, Gage Alspach, Toni Alspach, William Attia, Kent
Bunn, Eric Burgess, Christina Burgess, Bay Chang, David Clunie, Columbus Area
Boardgaming Society, Logan Colyer, Shelley Ganschow, Doug Garrett, Sandy Dawson,
Jack Diddley, Todd Diep, Hank Drew, Dave Eisen, Gathering of Friends Gamers, Marc
Giltutin, Hanno Girke, Tony Grappin, Gulf Games Gamers, Fil de Guzman, Brett Hardin,
Lucas Hedgren, Mike Heller, Ken Hill, Robyn Hill, Mark Jackson, Chris Johnson,
Ethan Johnson, Evan Johnson, Tina Johnson, Jeremiah Lee, Josh Lubiner, W. Eric Martin,
James Miller, Karen Miller, John Palagyi, Valerie Putman, William Rennard, Steve Samson,
Greg Schloesser, Joe Schmo, Dame Shuffles-a-lot, Sir Shuffles-a-lot, Bob Skolkes, Adam
Smiles, Jim Tripplett, Julien Van Reeth, Candace Weber, Chad West, Kevin Wilson, Karen
Woodmansee, Ryan Yu, Christopher Yu, and Ian Zernechel.

Game Development & Bot Rules by Dale Yu
Dale has been involved with game development since 2001 and has developed many
other awesome Bezier Games, Inc. games including Castles of Mad King Ludwig,
Subdivision, and The Palace of Mad King Ludwig. Previous projects include being part of
the development team for Dominion as well as refining the solo game for Agricola. He
also was part of the design team for the 2014 Kinderspiel des Jahres finalist Flizz & Miez.
Since 2010, he has served as the editor-in-chief for OpinionatedGamers.com.

Game Design by Ted Alspach
Ted Alspach is the designer of many boardgames, including One Night Ultimate Werewolf,
Castles of Mad King Ludwig, Silver, Ultimate Werewolf, The Palace of Mad King Ludwig,
and the 2019 Spiel des Jahre finalist Werewolfs.

Building Artwork by Brett Stebbins
Brett is a professional illustrator who has lived his entire life on the Space Coast of Florida
watching space shuttle launches from his front yard as a kid. He started his career as a
graphic designer before Adobe Photoshop had layers. After 15 years of design he had
the opportunity to expand his career making environments and assets for mobile
and other media as an independent 3D artist. Almost eight years later he changed his
focus again towards 2D illustration where as an independent artist he creates artwork for
board and mobile games. He loves spending time with his wife and five children. They
love watching movies and playing board games with their friends. Occasionally he enjoys
hanging with the guys trying a new craft beer.

Cover Artwork by Ollin Timm
Ollin Timm designed the original Suburbia "isometric building" designs, and has
illustrated several covers for Bezier Games, Inc., including Colony, Favor of the Pharaoh,
The Palace of Mad King Ludwig, and Castles of Mad King Ludwig.

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