Machi Koro with Expansions

• For 3 or 4 players, best with 4.
• Game designed by Masso Suganuma 2012.
• F2F rules with Japanese artwork and English text, and card images / translations are available to download from Boardgamegeek.
• This is the expanded game, with the "Harbor" and the "Millionaire's Row" cards included.
• Postal rules for the basic game by Richard Smith 2014.
• Modifications for expansions play by Tom Howell 2016.

1. Cards (270)

• 5 x 6 Landmarks
• 5 x 3 Start Cards (extra Wheat Field and Bakery plus City Hall landmark)
• 5 x 9 Major Establishments (Purple)
• 6 x 30 Establishments (Blue = Primary Industry; Red = Restaurants; Green = Shops, Factories, Markets)

1.1. Table of Cards

2.1 Game Start

Each player is allocated a player number 1,2,3, 4 or 5. Clockwise order is Player 1, Player 2, Player 3, Player 4, Player 5, Player 1 etc. Anticlockwise order is Player 1, Player 5, Player 4, Player 3, Player 2, Player 1 etc. Each player gets 3 coins, a City Hall, Wheat Field and a Bakery.

2.2 Market Place Set-up

The Market Place, which contains Business Establishments available for purchase, may consist of 10, 12, or 15 cards, as predetermined by the players and GM. The players and GM may also choose whether to play with all Establishment cards or to not use specific Establishments. The method of initial setup and replenishing open spaces will also be predetermined by the players and GM.

3. A Turn

Each postal turn consists of one dice roll per player, plus an additional go for the player going first. This way the first player rotates clockwise throughout the game. For example in a 4-player game, in turn 1: Player1, Player 2, Player 3, Player4, Player1. Then in turn 2 it's Player 2, Player 3, Player 4, Player 1, Player 2 and so on. A round consist of one dice roll per player, starting with Player 1 and ending with player 5. One postal turn will therefore be one roll more than a round.

3.1. Dice Roll

A single dice is rolled unless the player has the Train Station, in which case he may choose to roll two. The default is to roll two if possible.

3.2. Payments

Payments are processed before income. If a player rolls a 1 (Sushi Bar), a 3 (Cafe), a 5 (French Restaurant), a 7 (Pizza Joint), an 8 (Hamburger Stand), a 9/10 (Restaurant), or a 12-14 (Members' Only Club) he must pay opponents in anticlockwise order until he runs out of money. If the paying player cannot afford the full payment, they pay what they can and the receiving player is not compensated for lost income.
Example: Player 3 has two coins and rolls a 3. Player 2 has one Cafe and receives one coin. Player 1 has no Cafes. Player 4 has two Cafes but only gets one coin as that is all Player 3 has left.

3.3. Income

All players receive income (from the bank) from blue cards matching the rolled number. Green cards only generate income (from the bank) for the player who rolled the dice. For Factories and Markets only count the player's own cards to calculate the income.
If the rolling player owns more than one purple card whose activation number is rolled, they all take effect (the order is not important). Owners of the TV Station, the Business Complex, Renovation Company, or Convention Center should supply orders for these cards. The default for the TV Station is to take the coins from the richest player. The default for the Business Complex is to elect not to swap, and no swap takes place in the unlikely event that the named card (e.g. one of player 2's Mines) is not available. Note that the card to give to the victim must also be named and be present in the player's town. The default for the Renovation Company is to choose the building lowest in the card table not owned by the rolling player. The default for the Convention Center is to not activate another card.

3.4. Purchase Card

Each player may purchase one and only one card on each go. Players may not own more than one of each Landmark nor more than one of each Major Establishment (purple), but for other cards there are no restrictions.
Players may name up to 5 candidate cards to buy for each go. The GM will attempt to purchase these cards in order, and to succeed there must be at least one card of the type on offer in the marketplace and sufficient funds in the player's bank. If no cards are listed (e.g. NMR) no cards are purchased.
Funds for the selected card (if any) are paid to the bank, remaining funds are kept for later. There is no limit on the number of coins a player can hold.

3.5. Conditional Orders

• Conditional orders are not permitted other than the very limited options as follows:
• For cards to purchase a simple preference order is required.
• For the TV Station, it must be a named victim or the richest player.
• For the Business Complex a card and player must be named plus the card to give the victim.
• For the Radio Tower the player should state the numbers which will trigger the card e.g. "re-roll if 3,9,10".

4. Turn Report

The result of each roll is reported. For each player, the cards and number of coins owned are listed. The number of each Establishment card on offer in the marketplace is also reported.

5.1a Game End

The winner of the game is the first to construct all Landmarks in play.

5.1b Game End

The game ends at the end of the round in which any player constructs all Landmarks in play. If more than one player has constructed all the Landmarks, the winner is the player with the most leftover coins. If still a tie, victory is shared.