Comments on: 7 Wonders Cities expansion review

By: Jon

Jon — Wed, 17 Feb 2016 20:16:11 +0000

You might want to note that 7 wonders Cities has a black card that denotes a slave market. This allows a player to profit using this card. Just want to caution you – this may not sit well as a family game – especially if the card is in play.

By: Shlah

Shlah — Wed, 26 Nov 2014 00:45:38 +0000

Thanks Trent. We just played it using the Leader cards anyway just for fun – there were only three of us, so I dealt each person 2 Leader cards and we played one at the beginning of Age I and the other at the beginning of Age III. I also gave each player 6 coins at the beginning of the game. Worked out well. Not sure what I’d do with more players – maybe just one Leader card per person.

By: Trent

Trent — Tue, 25 Nov 2014 14:47:20 +0000

In reply to Shlah.

Shlah – you are correct. Those 6 cards are additional Leaders cards to expand upon the Leaders expansion. Since Leaders was released first, additional Leaders cards were added to the next expansion – Cities. We’re like you in that we don’t have Leaders, so those 6 cards stay in the box. A friend has Leaders and we’ve played with the Leaders expansion with him. It adds another twist to the game that we’ve enjoyed as well.

By: Shlah

Shlah — Tue, 25 Nov 2014 01:04:56 +0000

Hello. I just bought 7 Wonders Cities. I don’t have Leaders. Am I correct in understanding that the 6 leader cards don’t come into play with Cities? There are no instructions on how to use these 6 cards.
Thanks

By: Gwen

Gwen — Tue, 14 May 2013 04:39:33 +0000

Like Eric, I also love your site and the Cities expansion to 7 wonders. That said, I disagree with him about Leaders. While Cities adds an element of random chance that can be fun and interesting, I think that Leaders does the opposite. It all but encourages you to select a strategy and stick with it through the game so I think it produces games that are more lopsided (players are more likely to hog one type of card). There are also some leader cards that are clearly a lot better than others – for example one that enables you to buy any resource from the bank for one coin. Further, the wonders it adds aren’t all that interesting (one impacts the leaders, one has a very expensive side B component that offers a lot of victory points). I just saw a new wonder expansion at the game store about 2 weeks ago, I’m looking forward to checking it out.

By: Trent

Trent — Wed, 08 May 2013 03:51:29 +0000

In reply to Eric D. Eric - Thanks for the hearty recommendation for Leaders.

By: Eric D

Eric D — Wed, 08 May 2013 03:31:35 +0000

Discovered your site a few months back. Love it! Keep up the great work!

We picked up Cities a couple of months ago and have played 7 Wonders with it ever since. Really like the additional random factor it adds. Some games we end up playing the majority of the black cards that were dealt and other times only a few trickle into play – just totally up to the strategy of the players.

As much as we like Cities I would have to say we like Leaders even more. The variety of play options that they add is fantastic. Lots of strategy choices available – if you can pull it off with the regular cards that come into play. Pick up a copy of that expansion too – it adds multiple dimensions to an already great game.

— Eric D