ChrisHowlett/UrbanRegeneration

Board of ~ 4*players slum spaces. Buy plots, to tear down and build progressively swankier buildings.

Reputation of area increases with buildings (maybe on three axes - Residential, Shopping, Food). Higher rep properties command higher rent; but overall reputation matters somehow (I like council charges ground rent proportional to highest axis; people pay [or just plain stay away] based on lowest axis).

Can refurb buildings to similar type cheaper than a rebuild (so, Run-down Pub -> Poncy Wine Bar, or Student Flats -> Duplex Apartments is cheaper than Pub -> Fashion Boutique).

: So the space you're improving is co-operative? And you're trying to eke out an edge? --Vitenka
: That would be the idea, yeah. --CH

Ok, let's try to write down some rules, so I have something I can try to tie a physrep to, and iterate:

Setup:

Game boards are all 3 plots wide. Choose the one that is as long as there are players (so 2x3 for the two player, 3x3 for 3 player, 4x3 for 4 player).
Randomise the building cards
- (Cards will scale up in cost and quality during the game. This may be a game-end determiner. Maybe have:
  - 1: Split packs 1 and 3 roughly in two; split pack 2 roughly into 3.
  - 2: Shuffle pack 1a; pack 1b + 2a; pack 2b; pack 2c + 3a; pack 3b + the "Game Ends" card
  - 3: Stack in that order
- But that may be overly complex)
Give each player Ł3
Deal each player 2 cards
Mark the desirabilities of the board on the three tracks - 0 each.

Turn order:

Receive rent for any owned spaces, as printed on the cards. (Slums probably pay peppercorn rent of Ł1, from the Council)
Take two actions, which may be any of the following (with repetition)

Purchase a slum space, for Ł1.
(If requirements are met) Build a new building. Play a building card from your hand onto an owned slum space, for its full build cost.
(If requirements are met) Upgrade an owned building. Play a building card from your hand onto an owned space with a building already on it. Pay:
- Full cost if the two buildings are not of the same type (Café [food] -> Townhouse [housing])
- Difference in costs if the two buildings are of the same type, but not subtype (Café [food - food] -> Wine Bar [food - alcohol])
- Half difference in costs if the two buildings are of the same type (Pub [food - alcohol] -> Wine Bar [food - alcohol])
Acquire more cards (this action will be either draw 1, draw 2, or draw-2-keep-1)

Building cards obviously have a build cost.
They also have a type (directly matching the three desirability axes) and may have a subtype. Maybe these can be in multiples? Posh hotels with dining rooms are arguably Residential-Food. Department stores could be Shopping-Food.
They also have a contribution to one or more of the desirability values (a Townhouse contributes to Residential desirability - moreso than a Council Flat - but not at all to Shopping desirability)
They may also have a requirement on one or more desirability values (a Greasy Spoon will open anywhere, but a French Restaurant needs a certain level of Residential desirability to draw customers from)
Maybe they could also have other effects, static or on-build; but that can probably wait.

Similarly, there could be one-shot effects in the buildings pile to help you or hinder your opponents (Hygiene Investigation - each opponent pays Ł1 per Food building, say). Can also probably wait.

Buildings:

... to come...