City Hall

Get ready, folks! In City Hall, things get serious: who will be the next Mayor of New York City? The competition is fierce, focusing on two key areas: attracting as many people as possible to the city and, simultaneously, winning the citizens' approval. Whoever balances these goals best wins the election! The game features seven offices within City Hall, each handling a different aspect of city building or campaigning – like the Tax Assessor, Surveyor, or Zoning Board. In each round, a player activates one of these offices. However, just activating an office doesn't guarantee control! Other players can try to seize it using their influence. To keep it, you'll need to counter with your own influence. Alternatively, you can let another player manage that office for the round and add their influence to yours, securing a future advantage. Through these offices, you'll buy land and build attractive neighborhoods to draw people in, or perhaps sabotage an opponent by placing a factory next to their housing complex to drive residents away. You'll also need to raise funds by taxing constituents (you can tax heavily, but it costs popularity!), trade influence with lobbyists, and campaign to boost your approval rating. In the end, the city's citizens will vote based on who brought them in and their approval level. Special interest groups will also award bonus votes based on specific goals. The player with the most votes becomes Mayor and gets to appoint their opponents to the Sanitation Department. It's a pure strategy game!