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 to protect pedestrians in the rain.

Helsinki is based on the Copenhagen design by the same design team, but with some added complexity.

The center board shows the Senate Square with 8 spaces (two per side) and 8 cards, with each card connected to two spaces. The player's turn moves his or her pawn forward 1-3 spaces and then must choose to take cards or build a pavilion.

Each space is connected to two face-up cards, and the player can choose to take them into their hand (make sure to respect the 7-card hand limit, a key challenge in the game).

To build a pavilion, the player plays a card with the piece he wants to play, and then must play an additional number of cards of the same color. Finally, the piece must be "shoved" onto their game board (which also represents the Senate square) from the side of the square their pawn is on the main board. Covering certain spaces earns a weapon, which can be spent for one of 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.

In this deluxe edition you will find the expansion 'Expansion 1' and also beautiful acrylic bricks.