Uwe Rosenberg has mastered the polyomino in board games, but how’s he doing with tangrams? (Traditionally, a tangram is a Chinese geometric puzzle consisting of a square cut into seven pieces that can be arranged to make various other shapes.) Tangram City is a tile placement game from Capstone Games designed by Uwe Rosenberg for 1-5 players that plays in about 20-40 minutes.
Will you build the best city and be rewarded with all the riches of the kingdom? In Tangram City, players earn points by filling their City Board with tangram-shaped City Tiles.
Everyone begins with an identical set of 23 two-sided City Tiles, red on one side, green on the other. Over 6 rounds, players will place their tiles based on cards that are dealt at the beginning of each round.
Four cards are distributed among the players, which can lead to shared cards and some cards being placed face-up or face-down on the table, depending on player count.
Cards in the middle of the table are played first, then each player reveals their card in turn order. For every card, all players take the corresponding tangram tile shape from their personal supply and place it into their City.