You have been tasked by the city council to put together a plan to transform a whole neighborhood in the city. You have the opportunity to create new housing, office buildings, parks, and leisure areas near the waterfront. It is in your hands to make the city a better place.

Cities is a city-building game where you draft the best projects and arrange them in your own playing area. With action and resource draft mechanisms, it'll give you the opportunity to visit the cities of Sydney, Venice, New York, Barcelona, Rio de Janeiro, Lisbon, Mexico City, and Buenos Aires. Can you create the most magnificent neighborhood?

The game is played over eight rounds (or four rounds in a two-player game). Every round, players will use their workers to collect 1 scoring card, 1 city tile, 1-2 feature tiles, and 2-4 building pieces. City tiles are made up of building spaces, park spaces, and water spaces. Building pieces are placed on building spaces of the same color to form buildings, which can be up to 4 stories high. Whenever a player completes an achievement, they place one of their discs on the achievement board. At the end of the game, players add up the points they have gained from all of their scoring cards and achievements.