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Black Gold

Prospecting for oil in Texas

The board is set up from 6 map parts, you can choose how to combine them and which side to use; they provide the locations for the oil wells of different values which are randomly distributed as to value, but according to type. The oil price is set at 5000 $, players start with 15.000 $ and one lorry, 5 derricks and a train, all trains start on one of the starting positions on the track board, as does the black train of the Oil baron.

A round comprises eight steps in the following order:

- Roll die for market price

- Draw and choose action cards, first a red one for the black train, then one for each player, each player chooses his card

- Deal Sale Licenses

- Prospect and drill for oil. Movement points according to the action card are split for lorry and train, you can look at a well and implement special actions and build a derrick when the lorry is adjacent to an oil well - no credit possible.

- Extract, transport and store oil - with your own train or that of another player

- Sell oil - the right to sell oil is auctioned by using sale licenses, you can only bid when you have oil stored with a company.

- Deal with overflow

- Hand on market price die

When the Oil Baron’s train reaches the end of its track the game ends and the richest player wins; you add oil plumes, train positions and money earned. There are special rules for two, three and five players.

This reworked new edition of Giganten leaves a lot of choices for your decisions, you must carefully consider your actions, auctioning of sale rights is a central element and you may bluff, but if you are caught it costs you half of your licenses.

Players: 2-5

Age: 13+

Time: 120+

Designer: Wilko Manz 

Artist: Adam Taubenheim, Luke Radl

Price: ca. 60 Euro

Publisher: Fantasy Flight Games 2011

Web: www.fantasyflightgames.com

Genre: Economics game

Users: With friends

Version: en

Rules: en

In-game text: no

Comments:

Reworked edition of Giganten, Kosmos, 1999

Changed number of players

Special rules for two, three and five players

Compares to:

Giganten, Schwarzes Gold

Other editions:

Currently none

Chance (pink): 1

Tactic (turquoise): 3

Strategy (blue): 2

Creativity (dark blue): 0

Knowledge (yellow): 0

Memory (orange): 0

Communication (red): 2

Interaction (brown): 2

Dexterity (green): 0

Action (dark green): 0