“The earth is overpopulated. The colonization of Mars is always four decades away. Only one avenue is open for human expansion: the world under the sea.
Players compete to build the best underwater nation – an archipelago of undersea cities connected by a network of transportation tunnels. Kelp farms and desalination plants will provide your people with food and water. Laboratories will give you the knowledge you need to run everything more efficiently. Perhaps you will even be able to build symbiotic cities, fully integrated with the underwater ecosystem. Beginning as a single city, you will expand your network, connecting it with the coastal metropolises. At a time when hunger has exceeded agricultural output and water shortages strain the bonds of the Federation of Nations, you will build a nation that is self-sustaining, perhaps even someday exporting your products to those who have been left ashore.
This is your task. This is your destiny. The world’s hopes lie in your underwater cities.” (beschrijving van de uitgever)
“Welcome to New Discoveries, the first expansion for Underwater Cities. Inside, you will discover several new components which will offer new ways to play and new strategies to explore.
NEW CARDS − 52 cards will add new options to every deck.
NEW ASSISTANTS − New assistants, each with its own special ability, will make every underwater nation unique.
STARTING RESOURCE TILES − Starting resource tiles allow players to start the game with construction already underway, which speeds up the game by one round.
NEW PLAYER BOARDS − New player boards are used with new game variants. This expansion also includes the original player boards reprinted with upgraded quality.
NEW METROPOLISES − The green metropolises offer new benefits. They are used differently in different variants of the game, adding new strategic dimensions.
MUSEUM − At the bottom of the sea, you will make new discoveries which will earn your nation prestige as you help build the international museum.” (beschrijving van de uitgever)
