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Coal Baron

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Published
2013
Reach
Niche
Players
2–4
Play time
60–75 min
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Main mechanics

  • Area control
  • Trading & negotiation
  • Route building
  • Set collection
  • Tile laying
  • Worker placement
  • Area control: Presence on the map decides who scores.
  • Trading & negotiation: Deals between players move the game forward.
  • Route building: You connect points on a map and defend the connection.
  • Set collection: Scoring comes from completing the right combinations.
Full publisher description

Coal Baron or Gl ck Auf in German, after a greeting German miners use when wishing one another luck has players sending miners underground to dig tunnels and acquire coal, which comes in four levels of quality and is used to fulfill contracts. The game lasts three rounds, and in each round players take turns placing their workers on action spaces; you can place on a space occupied by another player, but you need to place additional workers in order to do so. Each player has an individual elevator shaft, and will need to use workers to extract coal and bring it to the surface, while also competing for contracts and scrounging for cash in order to do everything else that needs to be done!

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