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==Goal==
==Goal==


Build factories that feed on people. Each factory scores the number of humans on the two districts it sits between, multiplied together. The player with the most points at the end wins. Bitcoins you did not spend score one point each.
'''People''' is a dystopian economic strategy game for 2–4 players designed by Néstor Romeral Andrés (a tribute to ''Soylent Green''). Build licensed food-processing factories on the borders between city districts. Each factory scores the number of humans in its two adjacent districts multiplied together. Unspent bitcoins score 1 point each. The player with the highest total score wins!


==Setup==
==Components==
 
* The 6 x 6 city is laid out. Humans start in the game area: 72 people, at least one in every district of the area. The 8 humans outside the area stay in a pool and never go on the board, except through "More people".
* The bulldozer starts on a random district of the area. The shield starts beside the board and comes onto it the first time the police are used.
* Each player takes 10 '''bitcoins''' and factories: 15 with 2 players, 14 with 3, 13 with 4. Colours are fixed by turn order: red, blue, yellow, green.
* The starting player is chosen at random.
 
The game area depends on the number of players:


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
! Players !! Game area !! Fence
! Component !! Icon !! Description
|-
| '''Factories''' || [[File:People_factory_red.png|28px|middle]] [[File:People_factory_blue.png|28px|middle]] [[File:People_factory_yellow.png|28px|middle]] [[File:People_factory_green.png|28px|middle]] || Food production plants in 4 player colours (Red, Blue, Yellow, Green) placed on district borders.
|-
| '''Humans''' || [[File:People_human.png|28px|middle]] || Citizens populating city districts that feed adjacent factories (72 start on the board, 8 in the outside pool).
|-
| '''Bitcoins''' || [[File:People_coin.png|28px|middle]] || Currency used to bribe city authorities, or saved for +1 point each at game end.
|-
|-
| 2 || 5 x 5, bottom left || 10 roadblocks on its top and right sides
| '''Roadblocks''' || [[File:People_roadblock.png|28px|middle]] || 12 barriers that block human movement and factory placement along street edges.
|-
|-
| 3 || 5 x 6, bottom left || 6 roadblocks on its top side
| '''Bulldozer''' || [[File:People_bulldozer.png|28px|middle]] || Heavy vehicle used to scoop up citizens and redistribute them along a straight street.
|-
|-
| 4 || The whole city || None
| '''Riot Police & Shield''' || [[File:People_police.png|28px|middle]] || Police unit used to disperse citizens from a crowded district into surrounding districts.
|-
| '''Board''' || — || 6×6 city grid. The active play area adapts to the player count.
|}
|}
==Setup==
* '''City Area''':
** 2 players: 5×5 area (25 districts).
** 3 players: 5×6 area (30 districts).
** 4 players: full 6×6 city (36 districts).
** Inactive districts outside the play area are fenced off with roadblocks.
* 72 citizens [[File:People_human.png|20px|middle]] start distributed across the active area (at least 1 in every district). 8 citizens start in the outside pool.
* Each player starts with 10 bitcoins [[File:People_coin.png|20px|middle]] and their supply of factories: 2 players: 15; 3 players: 14; 4 players: 13.
* Turn order determines colours: 1st: Red [[File:People_factory_red.png|18px|middle]], 2nd: Blue [[File:People_factory_blue.png|18px|middle]], 3rd: Yellow [[File:People_factory_yellow.png|18px|middle]], 4th: Green [[File:People_factory_green.png|18px|middle]].
* The bulldozer [[File:People_bulldozer.png|20px|middle]] starts on a random district. The riot shield starts off-board.


==Your turn==
==Your turn==


{| class="wikitable"
Each turn consists of two steps:
! # !! Step !! What you do
|-
| 1 || '''Build a factory''' (mandatory) || Tap an empty edge between two districts of the game area. Empty edges you can build on are outlined in yellow. The factory is built the moment you tap: there is no Confirm. An edge can hold a factory or a roadblock, never both.
|-
| 2 || '''Bribe''' (optional) || Spend 1 bitcoin for one of four bribes, or press '''Skip bribe'''. Right after building, the four bribes appear as buttons in the status bar (greyed out when they cannot be used). '''Undo''' takes back the factory you just built, as long as you have not bribed or skipped. You can bribe only once per turn.
|}


==Bribes==
# '''Build a factory (mandatory)''': Click an empty edge between two districts in the active city area. Your factory is built immediately.
# '''Bribe city authorities (optional)''': Spend 1 bitcoin [[File:People_coin.png|20px|middle]] to execute one bribe, or click '''Skip bribe'''. If you wish to reposition your factory, you can click red '''Undo''' before bribing.


Choose a bribe with its button. Tap the targets on the board, then press '''Confirm'''. '''Cancel''' goes back to the list of bribes.
===Available Bribes (cost 1 bitcoin each)===


{| class="wikitable"
* [[File:People_police.png|24px|middle]] '''Police''': select any district with humans (except where the bulldozer sits). The riot shield moves there, dispersing 1 human into each adjacent district that is not blocked by a roadblock.
! Bribe !! What it does
* [[File:People_bulldozer.png|24px|middle]] '''Bulldozer''': scoop up 1 to 5 humans from its current district. Drive in a straight line in any cardinal direction, dropping at least 1 human in each district passed through until all scooped humans are distributed. The bulldozer cannot pass through roadblocks [[File:People_roadblock.png|18px|middle]] or leave the active city area.
|-
* [[File:People_roadblock.png|24px|middle]] '''Roadblock''': place 1 roadblock from the supply onto any empty street edge in the active city area.
| '''Police''' || Tap a district with humans, other than the bulldozer's district. The shield moves there. One human goes to each open neighbour (no roadblock between them). If there are fewer humans than open neighbours, you choose which neighbours get one.
* [[File:People_human.png|24px|middle]] '''Outside (More People)''': bring 4 citizens from the outside pool into the city. Choose a 2×2 block of districts; each of the 4 districts receives 1 human.
|-
| '''Bulldozer''' || Choose how many humans it takes from its own district: 1 to 5, no more than are there. Then tap a district it can reach by driving straight up, down, left or right. It stops before a roadblock or the edge of the game area, and it cannot drive through more districts than the humans it took. Finally choose how many humans to drop on each district it drives through: at least one on every district, and all the humans it took are dropped. By default each district gets one and the last gets the rest; use the plus and minus buttons to change that.
|-
| '''Roadblock''' || Place one roadblock from the supply on an empty edge between two districts of the game area.
|-
| '''More people''' || Needs 4 humans outside the area. Tap the crossing of four districts inside the game area. Each of the four districts gets one human from outside.
|}


==End of the game==
==End of the game and scoring==


The game ends when the player whose turn it is cannot build a factory: they have none left, or there is no empty edge in the game area. Scores are then added up:
The game ends immediately when the active player cannot build a factory (either having 0 factories left in their reserve or no legal empty edges remaining).


* Each factory: the humans on one side times the humans on the other side.
Final score calculation:
* Plus one point for each unspent bitcoin.
* '''Factory points''': For each factory you built, multiply the number of humans in the district on one side by the number of humans in the district on the other side.
* '''Bitcoin points''': +1 point for each unspent bitcoin [[File:People_coin.png|20px|middle]] in your possession.


The highest total wins. Equal totals share the win.
The player with the highest total score wins! Ties share victory (no tie-breaker).


==Notes on the rules==
==Controls on BGA==


* You choose how many humans the bulldozer takes and how many it drops on each district (designer ruling).
* '''Building a factory''': click any highlighted border edge between two districts to place your factory immediately.
* Humans are never held between turns. All the humans the bulldozer took are dropped during its move.
* '''Bribing''': click one of the 4 bribe buttons in the supply bar above the board (Police, Bulldozer, Roadblocks, Outside), then click the required board targets. For the bulldozer, click '''Humans: [N]''' in the status bar to adjust how many humans to scoop (1 to 5). Then click blue '''Confirm''' (or red '''Cancel''').
* The shield has no effect on play. It only marks the last district the police visited.
* '''Skipping & Undoing''': click '''Skip bribe''' to end your turn without bribing, or click red '''Undo''' to take back your factory placement.
* The rulebook says "play again" for a tie. Here equal totals share the win.
* '''Tooltips''': hover over bitcoins and factories in player panels to view counts, and over bribe buttons in the supply bar.
* '''Preferences''':
** '''Colorblind support''' (Preference 100, default: Off): adds distinctive geometric shapes to factories and the bulldozer.
** '''Sound effects''' (Preference 101, default: On).

Latest revision as of 13:33, 2 November 2026

Goal

People is a dystopian economic strategy game for 2–4 players designed by Néstor Romeral Andrés (a tribute to Soylent Green). Build licensed food-processing factories on the borders between city districts. Each factory scores the number of humans in its two adjacent districts multiplied together. Unspent bitcoins score 1 point each. The player with the highest total score wins!

Components

Component Icon Description
Factories Food production plants in 4 player colours (Red, Blue, Yellow, Green) placed on district borders.
Humans Citizens populating city districts that feed adjacent factories (72 start on the board, 8 in the outside pool).
Bitcoins Currency used to bribe city authorities, or saved for +1 point each at game end.
Roadblocks 12 barriers that block human movement and factory placement along street edges.
Bulldozer Heavy vehicle used to scoop up citizens and redistribute them along a straight street.
Riot Police & Shield Police unit used to disperse citizens from a crowded district into surrounding districts.
Board — 6×6 city grid. The active play area adapts to the player count.

Setup

  • City Area:
    • 2 players: 5×5 area (25 districts).
    • 3 players: 5×6 area (30 districts).
    • 4 players: full 6×6 city (36 districts).
    • Inactive districts outside the play area are fenced off with roadblocks.
  • 72 citizens start distributed across the active area (at least 1 in every district). 8 citizens start in the outside pool.
  • Each player starts with 10 bitcoins and their supply of factories: 2 players: 15; 3 players: 14; 4 players: 13.
  • Turn order determines colours: 1st: Red , 2nd: Blue , 3rd: Yellow , 4th: Green .
  • The bulldozer starts on a random district. The riot shield starts off-board.

Your turn

Each turn consists of two steps:

  1. Build a factory (mandatory): Click an empty edge between two districts in the active city area. Your factory is built immediately.
  2. Bribe city authorities (optional): Spend 1 bitcoin to execute one bribe, or click Skip bribe. If you wish to reposition your factory, you can click red Undo before bribing.

Available Bribes (cost 1 bitcoin each)

  • Police: select any district with humans (except where the bulldozer sits). The riot shield moves there, dispersing 1 human into each adjacent district that is not blocked by a roadblock.
  • Bulldozer: scoop up 1 to 5 humans from its current district. Drive in a straight line in any cardinal direction, dropping at least 1 human in each district passed through until all scooped humans are distributed. The bulldozer cannot pass through roadblocks or leave the active city area.
  • Roadblock: place 1 roadblock from the supply onto any empty street edge in the active city area.
  • Outside (More People): bring 4 citizens from the outside pool into the city. Choose a 2×2 block of districts; each of the 4 districts receives 1 human.

End of the game and scoring

The game ends immediately when the active player cannot build a factory (either having 0 factories left in their reserve or no legal empty edges remaining).

Final score calculation:

  • Factory points: For each factory you built, multiply the number of humans in the district on one side by the number of humans in the district on the other side.
  • Bitcoin points: +1 point for each unspent bitcoin in your possession.

The player with the highest total score wins! Ties share victory (no tie-breaker).

Controls on BGA

  • Building a factory: click any highlighted border edge between two districts to place your factory immediately.
  • Bribing: click one of the 4 bribe buttons in the supply bar above the board (Police, Bulldozer, Roadblocks, Outside), then click the required board targets. For the bulldozer, click Humans: [N] in the status bar to adjust how many humans to scoop (1 to 5). Then click blue Confirm (or red Cancel).
  • Skipping & Undoing: click Skip bribe to end your turn without bribing, or click red Undo to take back your factory placement.
  • Tooltips: hover over bitcoins and factories in player panels to view counts, and over bribe buttons in the supply bar.
  • Preferences:
    • Colorblind support (Preference 100, default: Off): adds distinctive geometric shapes to factories and the bulldozer.
    • Sound effects (Preference 101, default: On).
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