Cardboard Town

Cardboard Town is a turn-based city-building game played through cards. You expand a town by placing buildings on a grid, with roads needed to connect construction.

Each turn, play cards using money that replenishes; growing the population raises your spending limit. Buildings affect money, electricity, water, environment, and safety, so expansion means balancing infrastructure with the town's needs.

Random events and disasters create new demands, while quest cards set goals to pursue. Resource shortages and unresolved threats can trigger alerts; three alerts end a run. Runs also offer unlocks and different game modes.

Players who enjoy Cardboard Town often praise its hand-drawn cardboard look and the unusual mix of card play, town building, and resource-management puzzles. Some find planning each turn engaging and appreciate the different modes and run-to-run variation. Others describe the randomness and balance as frustrating, and reviews frequently mention unclear card effects and limited control over the deck.