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Sin City
2005
Rules assistance for Sin City
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- 2–6 players
- 30–60 min
- 18+
- Complexity 1.5/5
Rules assistant for Sin City
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Sin City is a board game released in 2005 for 2–6 players, 30–60 minutes per game, and ages 18 and up. It was designed by Jonathan Moriarity and its main mechanics are Roll / Spin and Move and Simulation.
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About the game
Extortion, corruption, murder. It's all in a day's work for the people who run Frank Miller's Sin City. "Violent" Marv, Detective John Hartigan, and Gail are cutting a swath through Sin City, and they've got agendas of their own. Maybe they'll play right into your hands and kill the men you need killed. Or maybe they'll ruin all your plans and deliver victory to your rivals. You'll need to be ruthless, underhanded, and vicious to win! The board has twelve named locations sequenced around the body heap in the middle. Cops get distributed from one location, Creeps from another, and Dames from a third. There are also three tokens representing Hartigan, Gail, and Marv. During the course of the game, players will take actions with these characters, moving them the (full) roll of a die and then either killing, ignoring, or returning to start the various counter types there (for instance, Marv kills all Cops and Creeps, while Hartigan kills all Cops and sends all Dames back to Old Town, their starting space). Each round starts with the players taking one token at a time from the three starting locations and moving them to any other location on the board. Once there are only five of the appropriate counter type in the starting spaces, an action card is flipped. The Gladys-holder follows the instructions on the card (moving more counters and taking an action with one or more of the characters, which will move or eliminate more counters). Then each player checks his or her goal card to see if it's fulfilled (have # Cops in the body heap, have at least # Creeps in # different spaces, etc.) If so, reveal it and get a new goal. Then empty the body heap to the start spaces and pass Gladys. The first player to achieve three goals wins.
Editions
- Sin CityenNECA2005
Mechanics
Designers
Publishers
- NECA
Questions and answers
Sin City supports 2–6 players according to the catalogue. This range comes from the publisher’s listed player count, so the game can be set up for any group size within it. Some setups, rules and scoring details may still vary by player count, so check your edition’s rulebook for the exact configuration.
The listed playing time for Sin City is 30–60 minutes. This is the publisher’s estimate for a full game. The actual duration depends on the group, the player count and familiarity with the rules: first sessions usually run longer, while experienced groups often finish faster. Setup and teaching time are not included in this estimate.
The catalogue lists Sin City for ages 18 and up. This is the publisher’s recommendation and reflects reading demands, rule complexity and small components rather than theme alone. Younger players can often join with help from an adult, so check the age guidance on your edition and consider your group’s experience with board games.
Sin City has a complexity rating of 1.5 out of 5 from BoardGameGeek players, which makes it a light game. The rating reflects how much rules knowledge, planning and decision-making a typical game demands. Expect a longer first teach for heavier games, and use a preparation guide before game night.
Sin City belongs to these categories: Movies / TV / Radio theme, Mature / Adult, and Murder / Mystery. Its main mechanics are Roll / Spin and Move and Simulation. Categories describe the theme and setting of a game, while mechanics describe what players actually do on their turns. Each mechanic links to a catalogue hub with similar games, which helps when you want something comparable.
The credited designers of Sin City are: Jonathan Moriarity. These credits come from the published game data and name the people responsible for the game’s design, not its illustrators or publishers. Designer pages on MeepleRules collect other titles by the same designers, which helps when you enjoy a game and want to find similar ones.
The catalogue lists Sin City as a base game. It can be played on its own with the components in the box and does not require any other title. Expansions, if any exist, add new content or rules on top of it and are listed separately in the catalogue with a link back to this base game.