Assembly City

Card Drafting in Assembly City

Govern a growing town, manage citizen happiness, and draft policies in Assembly City, an engaging deck-building strategy game. You take on the role of a facilitator for a Citizens' Assembly. Each turn, you draft policy cards related to housing, green spaces, energy, and taxation. Your goal is to balance the demands of different citizen factions (squares, triangles, circles) to build a stable and harmonious town. If you enjoy a highly polished Strateji game that merges card drafting with social simulation, Assembly City is an outstanding browser-based experience.

History of Citizens Assembly Games

Developed by remarkablegames for the "Citizens, Assemble!" game jam, Assembly City is designed to help players understand the dynamics of civic assemblies and policy consensus. The game features a gorgeous hand-drawn animated card art style, with responsive dials displaying citizen satisfaction, budget, and environmental ratings. Its open-source code is hosted on GitHub, guaranteeing a completely free, ad-free platform for strategy lovers.

Deckbuilding & Board Decisions

The game is played in rounds. Each round, you are dealt a hand of policy cards. Each card has a cost and an effect (e.g., "Build Green Parks" costs 10 gold, increases satisfaction of circles, but decreases the budget). You drag cards to your active board to play them. As you play cards, you must monitor your resource gauges. If budget drops to zero or any citizen faction's satisfaction falls below 20%, you trigger a civic protest, resulting in a game over.

Council Management Strategy

• Maintain Gauge Balance: Avoid playing too many cards of a single category (e.g., only environmental cards) as this depletes your budget.
• Read Citizen Factions: Inspect the satisfaction meters of the different shapes. Play cards that satisfy the lowest faction first.
• Draft Income Cards Early: Play cards that generate gold per turn in the first few rounds to build a stable budget buffer.
• Discard Safely: If your hand contains cards that are too expensive or harmful, discard them to draw new policy options.

Card Controls

• **Mouse Click and Drag / Touch Drag**: Select policy cards and place them on the active city board.
• **Discard Slot (On-screen)**: Drag cards to the discard pile to clear space in your hand.
• **End Turn Button**: Submit your active policies and proceed to the next round.

Assembly Highlights

• Gorgeous hand-drawn card graphics with animated satisfaction meters.
• Deep strategy mechanics based on resource balancing and civic consensus.
• Multiple scenarios and difficulty levels to test your governance skills.
• Fully open-source, MIT licensed, and optimized for mobile browser playing.