Eureka
BGG rank
BGG #15,579
BGG rating
5.9

Eureka

1988

Rules assistance for Eureka

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

  • 3–6 players
  • 60 min
  • 8+
  • Complexity 1.5/5

For 3 players

Rules assistant for Eureka

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Answers come from the official rulebook, with the page to check.

Eureka is a board game released in 1988 for 3–6 players, 60 minutes per game, and ages 8 and up. It was designed by Edith Grein-Böttcher and its main mechanics are Push Your Luck, Roll / Spin and Move, and Dice Rolling.

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About the game

Players act as prospectors moving about the game board in search of gold. But even after finding it, the gold is not always safe from bandits and other players, and must be carried back to a player's home base before it is secure. Rafts are available to help cross rivers. Players move their prospectors on a roll of 2-5, but a roll of 1 sends the gold train one step closer to the prospectors' base camp. The game ends when the gold train arrives or the contents of all the mines have been depleted.

Publishers

  • Carlit
  • Otto Maier Verlag
  • Το Καλό Παιχνίδι Α.Ε.

Questions and answers

Eureka supports 3–6 players according to the catalogue. This range comes from the publisher’s listed player count, so the game can be set up for any group size within it. Some setups, rules and scoring details may still vary by player count, so check your edition’s rulebook for the exact configuration.