Ankh-Morpork
Set in the Discworld universe created by Terry Pratchett, this game sees the players take on roles of various faction leaders trying to take control of the city. Each player has their own victory condition (some are the same) that you are trying to achieve before any of the other players, or the deck runs out.
Still with a little setup to do, with everyone starting with a counter in each of 3 regions, but this is the city map
Each of the 100+ cards are unique, though some are very similar to others, and contain various characters from throughout the novels. Not having read them, I'm not sure how well themed the actions of the cards match up with the character on them, but the game did win awards for theme, and friends that love the books say they're pretty accurate.
How the game works is that on your turn you will play one of the 5 cards from your hand, and you may do any of the actions that it gives you access to via the symbols on the top of the card, but they have to be done in order left to right (so you can't do the rightmost one first and then go back and do the one on the left). Depending on your goal, as to what actions are really useful to you, but placing more of your tokens is always useful, as is building a building, as it gives you access to special powers that can generally be used once a turn.
Much later in the game with players battling for control of different areas
Trouble is created, influence tokens placed, moved, and assassinated, control of regions is gained and lost, buildings constructed and sometimes destroyed by the random not good events that if their symbol appears on your card they have to be done.
It's quite a random game, with a good level of comedy in it, but if you're into Discworld, I'd certainly suggest you check it out.
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