Menu	FAQ	Info	Rules	Reviews
by Reiner Knizia for 2 players, age 8 and up

Contents
  1 playing board
40 standard building-blocks (in two colours)
10 fast building-blocks (in two colours, with white imprint)
10 roofs (in two colours)
  1 rules sheet

Objective
The objective of the game is to control more buildings than your opponent, when all plots are occupied, or when all standard building-blocks and roofs have been used. A building is controlled by the player whose piece is topmost on it.

Game Preparation
One player starts. Then play progresses alternately.

Play
On his turn, a player chooses one of the following options:

• to place one standard building-block;
• to place one roof;
• to place one fast building-block, followed by a standard building-block; or
• to place one fast building-block, followed by a roof.

When placing pieces, the following rules apply:

• On the starting player's first turn, a piece may not be placed on the centre plot.
• If a player places two pieces in a turn, he can place them on the same or two different plots.
• Any type of piece can be placed upon any empty plot, even a roof.
• No piece may be placed on top of a roof.
• The maximum height of a building is five pieces.
• Players may always place on top of their own building-blocks.
• In order to place on top of an opponent's building-block, the player must control a building on an adjacent plot (i.e., with an edge in common) such that the newly placed piece does not create a building that is higher than the adjacent one. For this purpose, note that building-blocks are considered higher than roofs.

Examples

Game End
The game ends in one of two ways:

1. when, at the end of a turn, all 25 plots are occupied; or
2. when, at the end of a turn, all standard building-blocks (not necessarily all fast building-blocks) and all roofs are used up.