Welcome To... FAQ
130 questions players ask · Updated Nov 7, 2026 · Full rulebook
Setup and game turn
- If I can legally write a number, can I take a building permit refusal instead?
- What is a building permit refusal and when do I take one?
- Can I take the number from one combination and the effect from another?
- Do fences or roundabouts restart the ascending order of house numbers?
- Do I write the house number before using the effect, for example a fence?
- Can a street have a second plain 7 if it already has a 7 and a 7 bis?
- Can I leave empty houses between two numbers and fill them in later?
- What happens when the three Construction stacks run out?
- Are player sheets public or private during the game?
- When must I announce that I completed a City Plan?
- Can two players make exactly the same choices every turn?
Effects: Fences
Effects: Bis
- How does the Bis effect work, and do I really write two numbers in one turn?
- Can I use Bis if I cannot place the number on the card?
- Can a number be duplicated with Bis more than once, on both sides, or can a Bis house be copied again?
- Can a fence separate a Bis house from the house it copies?
- If I use the Bis card for its number but skip the Bis effect, do I cross off a Bis box?
- Can I use Bis on a house with a planned pool, and do I score the pool?
- What does "use all extensions" mean on the Collector's Edition certificate?
Effects: Temp Agency
- How many Temp Agency boxes do I cross off when I adjust the number by 1 or 2?
- Can I use the Temp Agency without changing the number, and do I still cross off a box?
- If a Temp Agency adjustment is my only way to place a number, must I use it or can I take a permit refusal?
- Do I need a legal spot for the printed number before I can use the Temp Agency?
- Which numbers can the Temp Agency let me write, and can I start a street with 0 or write 16 or 17?
- Can the Temp Agency let me write a number that already appears in the same street?
Effects: Real Estate, parks and pools
City Plans
- Do I have to claim a City Plan as soon as I meet its requirements?
- What happens if two players complete the same City Plan on the same turn?
- Can I score the same City Plan twice?
- Does every City Plan completion allow a reshuffle, or only the first one in the game?
- If two players complete the first City Plan on the same turn, who decides whether to reshuffle?
- Is there a separate City Plan for all pools and one for all parks in two streets?
- Does a pool City Plan count houses that merely have a pool planned?
- Do the estates for a City Plan have to be on the same street or in a certain order?
- Must the estates be fully numbered before I can claim a City Plan?
- Can a house or estate that fulfilled one City Plan count toward another City Plan?
- Does a City Plan about pools, parks, temps or bis use up the houses so they cannot serve another plan?
- Can I add fences to estates after claiming a City Plan, and should I fence before claiming a whole-street plan?
- Do estates used for a City Plan still score in the Real Estate column at the end?
- Can an estate containing a bis house, like 3, 3 bis and 5, fulfil a City Plan?
- Can I claim two City Plans in the same turn?
- If I fulfil an estate City Plan with my very last house, do I still score the plan?
- What does the number 2 on the park icon of a City Plan mean?
End of the game and scoring
- What ends the game?
- Can I end the game on purpose by taking permit refusals?
- How are Temp Agency points awarded when players tie?
- Do I score Temp Agency points if I never used the Temp Agency?
- Does an estate of seven or more houses score anything?
- What counts as a completed estate for scoring?
- Does a Bis house count as one house or two for estate size?
- How many points do parks score on each street?
- Can I tick a higher achievement level without the lower level on the Certificate?
Advanced variant
- Does the Advanced variant use all the City Plans, or only the advanced ones?
- Can I claim both the "all houses on a street" plan and the "first and last house of each street" plan?
- Is the five-bis City Plan worth it, given the Bis penalty?
- When can I build a roundabout, and can I do it when I cannot place a number?
- Do I have to build a roundabout to avoid a building permit refusal?
- How much does each roundabout cost at the end of the game?
- Does a roundabout come with fences, and can I build it next to an existing fence or at the end of a street?
- Can I build both roundabouts on the same street?
- Can the same number appear on both sides of a roundabout?
- What happens if I build a roundabout on a house with a planned pool?
- Does a roundabout count as filled for a plan that needs a whole street built?
Expert rules
Solo game
- How do I set up the base solo game with the Solo card?
- In the base solo game, which two of the three cards do I use?
- What happens when the Solo card is drawn?
- Does the base solo game reshuffle the deck, and how long does it last?
- How are Temp Agency points scored in the base solo game?
- Can I play the base game solo without the Solo Mode expansion?
- Can solo mode be played with the thematic expansion sheets?
Thematic Neighborhoods (all expansions)
Welcome To...: Solo ModeExpansion
- In Solo Mode, what do I score if the AAA completes a City Plan before me?
- In Solo Mode, does a revealed Completed Plan card count as a finished plan if the AAA does not score it?
- What ends a Solo Mode game with the AAA?
- In Solo Mode, when does the reshuffle happen and what gets shuffled?
- Which housing estates does the AAA score in Solo Mode?
- How do Real Estate Agent cards score for the AAA?
- If the AAA completes more than five estates in Solo Mode, which ones score?
- How does the AAA score the thematic sheets such as eggs, lights, Doomsday and Halloween?
- Are the AAA and Alexis the same opponent?
- In Solo Mode, do I still give the AAA a card when I take a building permit refusal?
- How hard are the unnumbered AAA architects?
Welcome To...: Outbreak Thematic NeighborhoodExpansion
- Where do zombie hordes stop, and do they keep moving?
- How many ammo does it take to stop zombies?
- When I write a Z on an infected house, which sides get fences?
- What happens when zombies reach a house that already has a number?
- Do I lose a City Plan, goal or pool points if zombies later overrun a house I used?
- What if a house is infected before its pool is built?
- How and when do I build a barricade?
- Can a house with a planned pool also get a barricade?
- What happens to zombie cards when the Construction cards are reshuffled?
- How do I set up the zombies and the AAA cards for Outbreak?
- When a Zombie card comes up, do I still get three choices?
Welcome To...: Halloween Thematic NeighborhoodExpansion
- When can I claim a ghost or candy bonus?
- When another player claims a ghost or candy bonus, can I still choose its other option?
- Do I need a numbered house to take a pool or park from a Halloween bonus?
- How do I use the Bis bonus from the ghost track?
- Can ghosts and candies count for a City Plan, a bonus and special powers at once?
- For the Halloween City Plan with three 3-house estates, does each estate need a ghost and a candy?
- How do I handle ghost and candy bonuses in solo play without the AAA?
- Does the Halloween sheet have an extra park on each street?
Welcome To...: Winter Wonderland Thematic NeighborhoodExpansion
- How do the holiday lights work in Winter Wonderland?
- What counts as an estate "without lights" for a Winter City Plan?
- Can a lights City Plan and a house-based plan use the same houses?
- If several players complete the same Winter plan in the same round, who scores?
- Must a "consecutive numbers" street plan begin at 1?
Welcome To...: Spring Thematic NeighborhoodExpansion
- For the Spring City Plan with eggs in three estates, what exactly is needed?
- For the Spring plan needing 2-, 3- and 4-house estates without eggs, can houses with eggs be in them?
- Is the Spring estate plan 3-4-5 houses as the rules say, or 2-3-4 as on the card?
- How do I collect every egg on the third street for the Spring plan?
- Can the houses used for an Easter egg City Plan count for other City Plans?
- If the solo AI earns an extra bonus for a Spring plan, do I still score the plan?