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.
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