Between Two Cities FAQ
31 questions players ask · Updated Nov 12, 2026 · Full rulebook
General
Components
Setup
Gameplay: Details
- Can you discuss which tiles to pick with your partners before the tiles are revealed?
- Does each player have the final say on tile placement in their shared cities?
- How do players pass tiles in each round?
- Where must a new tile be placed when building a city?
- How many duplex tiles does each city get in round two?
Scoring
- How is a player's final score determined in Between Two Cities?
- How is a tie broken in Between Two Cities when two players have the same lower city score?
- What is the second tiebreaker in Between Two Cities if the higher cities are also tied?
- How is factory scoring handled when cities tie for the most or second-most factories?
- Can you score each building type for all cities at once instead of one city at a time?
- How many points does a park group score for 5, 6, or 7 parks?
- Can one shop tile count toward two lines of shops that cross?
- Does a blue office surrounded by several red taverns score more than one bonus point?
- How are houses scored?
Variants and solo play
- How is the winner decided in a 2-player game?
- In the base game's Automa, are the Automa cards you have used discarded or shuffled back in?
- In solo Automa play, who chooses where a tile goes in the city shared with the Automa?
- In solo Automa play, do tiles placed in Automacity need a fixed position?
- In solo Automa play, does the Automa know which tile you will place when it picks its own tile?
- Does Automarta use the same Automa card as Autommaso in solo play?
- How does the solo Automa choose the tile that scores the most points?
Between Two Cities: CapitalsExpansion
- Can you play Capitals with only some of its modules, such as the landscape mat or the districts?
- In Capitals Automa mode, is a special building's value fixed once it is drawn?
- Does a district need both of its tile types in the city to score?
- Are civic tiles counted in a district when they sit inside its grouping?
- How does a sixth shop count toward Automacity's shop scoring in Capitals?