New Angeles, set in the Android universe, is a bustling industrial hub that depends on constant resource extraction and distribution to function. Each player controls a megacorporation, competing to earn more wealth than their opponents. But they must also cooperate to keep the city stable. If unrest, infrastructure problems, or resource shortages cause the city to fall apart, all players lose.
Each round, players propose and vote on corporate action plans that determine how resources are produced, shared, and managed in the city’s districts. These plans might increase production, build infrastructure, or address issues like shortages or unrest. Because every plan needs a majority to pass, players must negotiate and trade support to keep the city running while still protecting their own interests.
The game shows the city’s sustainability through unrest and resource pressure. When goods or services run short, unrest markers build up in those districts. If unrest spreads too much, it leads to instability, and the city can collapse. This means that while players compete for profit, they also have to work together to keep the city from becoming unsustainable. Managing shortages is a shared responsibility, even though each corporation wants to maximise its own profits. win, each player must do better than a specific rival corporation, not just collect the most wealth. There is also a chance that one player is secretly trying to sabotage the corporations and cause the city to collapse. This hidden role adds more uncertainty and makes the balance between helping and exploiting the system even more tense.
New Angeles shows how a complex system exists through collective stewardship. Players share the same environment and must balance short-term profit with the long-term stability of the system they rely on. Sustainability is represented not as perfect harmony, but as a tightly connected infrastructure that requires careful maintenance, even in a competitive setting.