In City of Iron, 2 to 4 players compete to build a small nation in a world of machines, magic, and money.
Take on the role of the leader of one of the four rival nations: the industrious humans, the toad engineers, the scholarly Crésariens, or the cunning pig-men.
Produce goods like machine parts and bottled demons to amass wealth, or develop steam age technologies and recruit mercenaries to dominate the continent.
To found new cities, build sloops or airships to reach distant lands and floating islands. As the capacity of your cities is limited, you will need to make wise choices about which buildings to keep and demolish when constructing advanced structures.
The future of your nation rests in your hands. Build unshakeable foundations for an empire or sink into oblivion.
Differences from the first edition:
The Expert cards feature new iconography and have been rebalanced.
The City expansion card pack has been removed.
The bidding system for player order has been simplified.
The payment system for later turns has been removed.
A bonus piece has replaced the pirates.
The turn order for scoring has been modified.
Players now have different end-game scoring objectives based on their contract cards and regions, instead of all competing for the same set of end-game bonuses.