City of the Living

City of the Living is a 2013 re-skin of the game first released as Prosperity: this time the zombies have taken over, and survivors rebuild their cities in the ruins. Under the skin it is the same economic puzzle. You lead a growing nation over seven decades, investing in infrastructure and industry, providing energy, and funding research to stay competitive, and the price is pollution, which you have to keep in check for those who come after you. Tile placement, open drafting, income and track movement all feed one another. A compact, brainy civilization-builder for two to four that plays in about an hour, with a zombie wrapper on a serious economic engine.