Urban Myth
BGG rank
BGG #31,573
BGG rating
3.4

Urban Myth

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Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with saved question history.

  • 45 min
  • 12+
  • Complexity 1.2/5

Rules assistant for Urban Myth

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Urban Myth is a board game released in 2002 for 2–6 players, 45 minutes per game, and ages 12 and up.

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About the game

Urban Myth consists of a game board divided into four city blocks, six playing pieces, and a deck of 700 game cards in six subject categories: Celebrity, Health, Classics, Nature, Business, and Crime. 2008 version contains: 500 cards 6 coloured pawns 6 true/myth cards Game board Each Card lists either one or two urban legends printed on the front and a letter from the words M-Y-T-H or T-R-U-E on the back. One out of every eight cards is a wild card bearing the Urban Myth logo, which can be substituted for any letter. The objective of Urban Myth is to be the first player to spell the word M-Y-T-H or the word T-R-U-E by collecting the letters on the back of the game cards. Players earn letters by correctly identifying which stories are myth and which are true.

Editions

  • Urban MythENCardinal2017
  • Urban MythENImagination Games2008
  • Urban MythENImagination Games2007
  • Urban MythENImagination Games2007
  • Urban MythENPaul Lamond Games Ltd2005
  • Urban MythENRumba Games2002

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Publishers

  • Paul Lamond Games Ltd
  • Spin Master Ltd.
  • Cardinal
  • Imagination Games
  • Rumba Games

Questions and answers

Urban Myth 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.