Cover art for Coal Baron

Coal Baron

2013 · BGG
Avg rating
7.27
Bayes rating
6.73
Weight
2.54 (Medium)
Players
2-4
Playtime
1 hr 15 min
Ratings count
5,136

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Description

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!



Mechanics

Action Points Contracts Pick-up and Deliver Set Collection Tile Placement Worker Placement

Themes

Industry / Manufacturing Theme Mining Trains Transportation

Publishers

C and C Publishing Delta Vision Publishing Gigamic Lacerta Ludonova Passe Ton Tour Games Pegasus Spiele R&R Games eggertspiele

Designers

Michael Kiesling Wolfgang Kramer