Boomtown
BGG rank
BGG #3,024
BGG rating
6.5

Boomtown

2004

Rules assistance for Boomtown

Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.

  • 3–5 players
  • 30 min
  • 10+
  • Complexity 1.7/5

About the game

There's gold in them thar hills! In Boomtown — a game with auctions, dice, and fun/nasty action cards to play on opponents — you start as a gold digger and try to end as a tycoon. To do this, you must first buy the best mining concessions, hoping to find gold veins. You can also try to become the Mayor of Whiskey River or San Narciso, in order to get a small cut on concessions sales, or build a saloon where lucky prospectors will spend their nuggets in moonshine whiskey. If business is really bad, you can still rely on bank or stagecoach hold-ups to reestablish you. A well placed stick of dynamite can also solve some minor problems. Piraci features the same gameplay as Boomtown, but with the players now sailing the waters instead of panning them.

Questions and answers

The rules assistant for Boomtown will help explain turns, card effects and disputed situations, with references to verified official materials and saved question history. It is not ready yet; verified sources for your edition are still being prepared.

Rules assistant for Boomtown

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