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Rules assistance for Suburbia 5★
Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.
- 90 min
- 8+
- Complexity 2.9/5
Rules assistant for Suburbia 5★
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Suburbia 5★ is an expansion for Suburbia released in 2015 for 1–5 players, 90 minutes per game, and ages 8 and up. It was designed by Ted Alspach and its main mechanics are Set Collection, Income, and Tile Placement.
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About the game
Now that your town is up and running and is acting like a proper township, it's time to start growing even more rapidly by turning your borough into a tourist destination. Build landmarks, monuments, and tourist traps to increase your reputation and income while determining the player order each turn. In addition, the metropolitan area has expanded, allowing up to five players to build the city of their holiday dreams simultaneously. Suburbia 5★ adds fifty new unique building tiles, a new resource to manage (★s), and components for a fifth player to the Suburbia base game. The new ★ system determines player order, provides bonuses and penalties to the most/least tourist-friendly towns, and even breaks ties for public and private goals.
Editions
- Suburbia 5★enBézier Games2015
- Suburbia 5★frYstari Games2015
Mechanics
Designers
Publishers
- Ystari Games
- Bézier Games
Questions and answers
Suburbia 5★ supports 1–5 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 Suburbia 5★ is 90 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 Suburbia 5★ for ages 8 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.
Suburbia 5★ has a complexity rating of 2.9 out of 5 from BoardGameGeek players, which makes it a medium-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.
Suburbia 5★ belongs to these categories: Economic, City Building, and Expansion for Base-game. Its main mechanics are Set Collection, Income, and Tile Placement. 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 Suburbia 5★ are: Ted Alspach. 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 Suburbia 5★ as an expansion for Suburbia. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need Suburbia to use it. Check that your edition of Suburbia is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.