Solve the Sanitation Crisis of Chicago!
During the 19th century the elevation of the Chicago area was just a few feet higher than the shoreline of Lake Michigan. For many years there was little or no naturally occurring drainage from the city surface. This lack of drainage caused unpleasant living conditions. Standing water harbored pathogens that caused numerous epidemics including typhoid fever and dysentery, culminating in the 1854 outbreak of cholera that killed six percent of the city's population.
The crisis forced the city to take the drainage problem seriously. In 1856, engineer Ellis S. Chesbrough drafted a plan for the installation of a citywide sewerage system and submitted it to the city council, which adopted the plan.
However, due to the minimal elevation above the lake, the sewer could not be built underground and had to be built at street level. The city council then decided to implement a radical idea: prevented from digging down, they instead decreed the buildings of the city would be raised to allow the new sewer system to be hidden under the new street level.
On your turn in Raising Chicago Board Game, you place a tile on a resource slot associated with one of five building projects, then claim the resource you covered. After all players have placed tiles, each project is evaluated. The winning player pays resources to complete the project, claims the project reward, then places all of their tiles associated with that project as levels underneath the building onto a space on the board. Players earn points for placing buildings cleverly, doing the most work in a ward, and meeting the demands of council people.
In Raising Chicago Board Game, you'll compete with other businesses to secure contracts for raising the city's buildings. But be warned: don't overextend yourself! You must complete each building project every turn. Running out of resources will severely damage your reputation and standing with the city. Strategically place your buildings, fulfill the city council's demands, and complete the most projects in each ward to become the most renowned builder in Raising Chicago!
