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Siberia

Das Kartenspiel

As in Siberia the board game, predecessor to this card game, we mine resources in Siberia and sell them – gas, coal, crude oil, diamonds and gold. You start with one worker card and five action cards and there is a display of eight resources cards in a row; the first three cards from the left are revealed and you mine resources from left to right.

In a turn you discover resources and then play cards for an action. Each card in the game can be used for a character action or a resources action; for any action you need two cards showing the respective symbol. Each card shows one of the five resources symbols and one of the three worker/character symbols, Investor, Worker or Salesman. Investor cards modify the demand for cards; worker modify resources actions and salesman cards modify the value of resources. Salesman cards can also be added to the board game, rules for their use are included. After revealing a resources card in the display row you can also relinquish to play cards and draw cards or play two cards with the same symbol and then draw one card. If you acquire resources you take a card from the display for each worker you have laid out and replenish the display with face-down cards. After the last resources card has been revealed each player has one more turn and then you win with the highest total from resources and worker card values.

This card version of the board game offers a stand-alone, independent game which is quicker and easier to play, but transports the flair of the board game nicely all the same and is – all in all – a bit less tactic as resources are revealed only in the course of the game.

Players: 2-4

Age: 9+

Time: 20+

Designer: Reiner Stockhausen

Art: Klemens Franz

Price: ca. 14 Euro

Publisher: dlp Games 2012

Web: www.dlp-games.de

Genre: Card game

Users: For families

Version: multi

Rules: de en + fr

In-game text: no

Comments:

Stand-alone card game

Also to be used as an expansion for Siberia

Plays faster and more simple than Siberia

Good adaption of the board game

Compares to:

Siberia board game, card games with multiple purpose cards

Other editions:

Oya, France

Chance (pink): 1

Tactic (turquoise): 3

Strategy (blue): 1

Creativity (dark blue): 0

Knowledge (yellow): 0

Memory (orange): 0

Communication (red): 0

Interaction (brown): 2

Dexterity (green): 0

Action (dark green): 0