How to play SUBURBIA City Building Board Game on Mac

Game summary

"All in all, the app is pretty fantastic ... a wonderful addition to anyone’s iPad." -Board Game Geek "An accessible and interesting game, and we recommend it for budding strategists and architects alike." -Pocket Gamer "Overall, Suburbia is pretty awesome. It plays well, looks good, has lasting replay value ... There’s simply not much to complain about." -148Apps Ted Alspach's city-building board game is now on iOS! The winner of the prestigious 2013 Mensa Select Mind Games award challenges you to manage a growing metropolis. Choose your strategy carefully as you compete against multiple computer personalities, your friends, and players around the world. Or take on the Single Player Campaign, and travel to real-life cities, each with unique goals. Build residential, commercial, civic, and industrial areas like stores, museums, airports, and of course suburbs. The market is always changing, so spend your cash wisely. Be careful not to grow too quickly, or you'll lose both income and your reputation. Make the right moves to grow your population and you will emerge victorious! • Two to four player Local Pass-and-Play games • Six unique AI (computer) personalities • Single Player Campaign • Asynchronous turn-based Online Multiplayer through Game Center • Interactive Tutorial • Rule Book, Strategy Tips, Tile Reference, and Goal Reference • English and German language tiles • Over 50 different buildings • Unlock Essen SPIEL Expansion tiles
First released: Dec 2013

Play SUBURBIA City Building Board Game on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play SUBURBIA City Building Board Game on a Mac is through Parallels, which allows you to virtualize a Windows machine on Macs. The setup is very easy and it works for Apple Silicon Macs as well as for older Intel-based Macs.

Parallels supports the latest version of DirectX and OpenGL, allowing you to play the latest PC games on any Mac. The latest version of DirectX is up to 20% faster.

Our favorite feature of Parallels Desktop is that when you turn off your virtual machine, all the unused disk space gets returned to your main OS, thus minimizing resource waste (which used to be a problem with virtualization).

SUBURBIA City Building Board Game installation steps for Mac

Step 1
Go to Parallels.com and download the latest version of the software.
Step 2
Follow the installation process and make sure you allow Parallels in your Mac’s security preferences (it will prompt you to do so).
Step 3
When prompted, download and install Windows 10. The download is around 5.7GB. Make sure you give it all the permissions that it asks for.
Step 4
Once Windows is done installing, you are ready to go. All that’s left to do is install SUBURBIA City Building Board Game like you would on any PC.
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