The famous Senate Square in the center of the Finnish capital is surrounded by government buildings, the
university, the cathedral and the Sederholm House. The players ́ task is to design pavilions across the square to protect pedestrians in the rain. Helsinki is based on the design of Copenhagen by the same design team, but with some added complexity.

The center board depicts the Senate Square with 8 spaces (two per side) and 8 cards, with each card connected to two spaces. The player on their turn advances their pawn 1-3 spaces, then must choose to take cards or build a pavilion. Each space is connected to two face up cards, and the player may choose to draw these into their hand (making sure to respect the 7 card hand limit, a key challenge in the game). The cards are in one of 5 colors and show a shape of size 2 to 5. To build a pavilion, the player plays a card showing the piece they want to play, and then must play an additional number of cards of the same color to match the size of the piece. Finally, the piece must be "slid" onto their game board (which also represents the Senate Square) from the side of the Square their pawn is on on the main board. Covering certain spaces earns a coat of arms, which may be spent to use one of the 15 one-time special actions.

Players score points for completing rows and columns, and the player with the most points at the end of the game is the winner.

Build pavilions across Helsinki's most famous square.

Data sheet

AUTHOR(S)

Asger Harding Granerud
Daniel Skjold Pedersen

ARTIST(S)

Markus Erdt

PLAYERS COUNT

2
3
4

FROM AGE

10+

LANGUAGES

DE
EN
FR
NL

DURATION IN MINUTES

45 min.

BARCODE / ISBN

4010350106730

PUBLISHER

Queen Games GmbH

COLLECTION

Helsinki

SIZE OF THE GAME BOX

295 x 295 x 85 mm

WEIGHT OF THE GAME BOX

1.400 kg

PCB

6.0

CARTON SIZE

49.50 x 32.00 x 31.50 cm

Production Country

DE

AVAILABILITY

2025, October 31st

GAME MECHANICS

Card drafting
Tile Placement

THEME

City Building
Economic

HS CODE

95049080