City Quarter

Basic Info

• Type: Action
• Cost: $8 (Debt)
• Effect: +2 Actions. Reveal your hand; +1 Card per Action revealed.

Rating

Empires unique drawer. +2 Actions + scaling draw. Hand full of actions = mass draw. Engine-specialized.

Strength: Scaling. 5-6 actions in hand = +5-6 cards. S-tier engine draw.

Tier A; S in engine specialization. Debt locks early.

How to Play

Early: not buyable (Debt $8). Mid-onward.

Mid: 1-2 copies as main engine drawer post-engine.

Late: 4-6 actions revealed = 4-6 draws, Province rush.

Maximizing Action Count

Draws = Actions in hand.

• 1 action = +1 (weak).
• 3 = +3 (Smithy).
• 5 = +5 (beats Council Room).
• 7 = +7 (explosion).

Stack villages to accumulate actions.

Key Combos

City Quarter + Villages (Village, Inn, Worker's Village, Bustling Village): Action count.

City Quarter + Smithy/Lab: Hand-fill targets.

City Quarter + Crown/Throne: Doubled = +4 actions + 2x draw.

City Quarter + Overlord: Overlord is Action.

City Quarter + Engineer: Gain accelerator.

Synergies

• Villages: Action count.
• Terminals (Smithy, Lab): Reveal targets.
• Crown/Throne/KC: Doubling.
• Overlord: Copy.
• Engineer: Gain.

Counters & Bad Matchups

• BM-light supply: Low draw count.
• Heavy trasher: Action count thinned.
• Short games: Debt repay too late.

Advanced Tips

True value: Engine-tail mass draw. 5 actions + CQ = +5 draws.

CQ + village synergy: Village adds action; village also revealed; +1 draw bonus.

CQ + Crown doubled: +4 actions + 2x draw.

Debt timing: Repay $8 next turn. Engine handles.

Mirror: First-mover wins.

3-pile: Empty CQ pile (10) for end.