Total Supply Variant

The Total Supply Variant is a gameplay setup variant that allows players to purchase any available card type on their build phase.

The rulebook for Machi Koro lists this variant in the basic game setup section, but doesn't give it a name. This name was given to distinguish it from the Variable Supply Variant and the Hybrid Supply Variant.

Setup
All the cards are sorted into face-up stacks by card type/name. These stacks are then arranged by their activation number, from lowest to highest.

Comparisons
This variant takes by far the longest to setup and/or pack up of all setup variants (there are about 15-40 stacks to create, compared to 3 for the hybrid and 1 for the variable supply variants), but makes the learning curve somewhat easier since all the available options are visible.

There is also no need for any game management with this variant, since all the card types are available from the start.

Once the players become familiar with the available card types, it is best to move onto the hybrid supply variant since this variant doesn't prevent hoarding of single card types.