Coal Baron- or Glück 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!
This worker-placement game plunges you into the fascinating and complex world of 19th-century mining in northern France. The mechanics have not been altered from the original version and remain as the two authors intended. One of the strengths of this game is that you can outbid your meeples to avoid getting stuck.
There's a real sense of immersion thanks to the game board, which allows you to descend to the bottom of the mine with its mobile lift.
If you are ready to get down to the mines with 2 to 4 players, follow the link below:
https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=coalbaron
We would love to thank the publisher, Passe Ton Tour Games, joined by game designers Michael Kiesling & Wolfgang Kramer for their authorization to adapt this game to your favorite platform. Obviously (cause there's no games here without developers), we should give a huge shoutout to Tisaac and Jonathan2004 for their huge work to bring this game to Board Game Arena.
That's it for this Monday!
We're close to halfway for this month: Have you checked the Summer of Games Calendar on the front page?
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See you on Wednesday and until then...
Take care and play fair!
COAL BARON: as minas Wolfgang Kramer e Michael Kiesling son túas!
Coal Baron- ou Glück Auf en alemán, despois dun saúdo que usan os mineiros alemáns cando se desexan sorte, fai que os xogadores envíen mineiros ao subsolo para cavar túneles e adquirir carbón, que vén en catro niveis de calidade e é utilizados para cumprir contratos.
O xogo dura tres roldas, e en cada rolda os xogadores poñen quendas aos seus traballadores en espazos de acción. Podes colocar nun espazo ocupado por outro xogador, pero necesitas colocar traballadores adicionais para facelo. Cada xogador ten un pozo de ascensor individual e terá que empregar traballadores para extraer carbón e sacalo á superficie, ao mesmo tempo que compite por contratos e busca diñeiro para facer todo o que hai que facer.
Este xogo de colocación de traballadores mergúllache no fascinante e complexo mundo da minería do século XIX no norte de Francia. A mecánica non foi alterada da versión orixinal e mantéñense como pretendían os dous autores. Un dos puntos fortes deste xogo é que podes superar a oferta dos teus meeples para evitar quedar atrapado.
Hai unha verdadeira sensación de inmersión grazas ao taboleiro de xogo, que che permite descender ao fondo da mina co seu ascensor móbil.
Se estás preparado para baixar ás minas con 2 ou 4 xogadores, sigue a seguinte ligazón:
https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=coalbaron
Gustaríanos agradecer ao editor, Passe Ton Tour Games, aos que se uniron os deseñadores de xogos Michael Kiesling e Wolfgang Kramer a súa autorización para adaptar este xogo á túa plataforma favorita. Obviamente (porque aquí non hai xogos sen desenvolvedores), debemos darlle un gran aplauso a Tisaac e Jonathan2004 polo seu enorme traballo para levar este xogo ao Board Game Arena.
Isto é todo para este luns!
Estamos preto da metade deste mes: consultaches o calendario de verán dos xogos na primeira páxina?
Se aínda non o fixeches, bótalle unha ollada: hai algúns trofeos dispoñibles!
Vémonos o mércores e ata entón...
Coidado e xoga limpo!
