Machi Koro

Machi Koro

Machi Koro (U.S. Edition)
Designer(s)	Masao Suganuma
Illustrator(s)	Noboru Hotta
Publisher(s)	Grounding Inc.
Years active	2012
Genre(s)	Card Game Dice Game Board Game
Language(s)	Czech, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish, Turkish
Players	2–4 2–5 with expansions
Age range	10+
Setup time	5 minutes
Playing time	30 minutes
Random chance	Medium (dice rolling)
Skill(s) required	Strategy, Resource Management

Machi Koro (Japanese: 街コロ "Dice Town") is a tabletop city-building game designed by Masao Suganuma, illustrated by Noboru Hotta, and published in 2012 by the Japanese games company Grounding Inc. Machi Koro won the 2015 Geekie Award for Best Tabletop Game, and was a Spiel des Jahres and As d'Or - Jeu de l'Année nominee that year; it was a Le Lys Grand Public finalist in 2014. It has been published in Czech, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Korean, Russian, Spanish, and Turkish. The U.S. version is published by IDW Games and Pandasaurus Games.

Players assume the role of mayor of Machi Koro and by rolling dice, earning coins, and buying properties build out a city. The first player to build out a series of required landmarks is the winner. There are three phases to a player's turn. First one or more dice are rolled and compared against the player's cards and other players' cards. Second, depending upon the number rolled and the cards in each player's city, money is earned from the bank and/or from other player, money is paid out to other players, or both. Third, before ending the turn, the player may choose to buy an establishment or landmark. There are five types of cards:

Two expansions have been released for Machi Koro. The Harbor Expansion (街コロプラス), released in 2012, expanded the base number of landmarks from four to six and allow the game to be played by up to five players. New rules (referred to as the 5-5-2 variant) were included to improve gameplay by changing how establishments and industries are made available for use/development. Additional industries and establishments related primarily to fishing and shipping were also added. Millionaire's Row (街コロシャープ), released in 2014, added additional luxury-oriented establishments and high-tech industries.

In 2015, a Deluxe Edition was released in the U.S. combining the base game and both expansions. In 2016, the standalone Machi Koro Bright Lights, Big City was released through Target featuring a combination of cards from the base game and both expansions and with gameplay focused on the 5-5-2 variant rules.