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Art By
Published By
Year Published
2004
# of Players:
3 − 5
User Suggested # of Players
Best with 5 players
Recommended with 4, 5 players
(23 voters) [poll]
Playing Time
30 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages
8 and up
User Suggested Ages
8 and up
(2 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence
Some necessary text - easily memorized or small crib sheet
(7 voters) [poll]
Category
Mechanic
Primary Name
Boomtown
Alternate Names
La fièvre de l'or
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Boomtown is game with auctions, dice, and some fun and nasty action cards to play on your fellow gold diggers.

There's gold in them thar hills!

In Boomtown, 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.

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0 Teaching aid for Boomtown - in Hebrew
המערך אינו הסבר ממצה של חוקי המשחק אלא אמצעי עזר לשחקן המסביר את חוקי המשחק לשחקנים חדשים
2009-04-28
0 Boomtown: Reglas en español
Traducción de las reglas al español
2009-02-26
0 Train Kept a Rollin' - Boomtown Variant
A small variant I created to add some flavor and hopefully tactics to the game without bogging it down.
2008-01-31
0 Buffalo Nickels for Variant
Here are 5 "Turn order" Buffalo Nickels that can be printed and used to keep the theme strong when using the "New bid payout and card selection mechanic" variant that you can read about in the variants forum.
2008-01-29
1 boomtown.pdf
Regolamento in italiano
2007-03-20
3 Boomtown Addendum v1.pdf
Boomtown Addendum v1. Includes, variants, FAQ and card distribution. Print on 19.05cm (7.5 inch) square paper.
2007-03-20
1 Boomtown left-right Player Aid.doc
Beginner's player aid in pictures shows that card choice passes left, money share goes right
2005-12-22
2 Boomtown.nl.pdf
Nederlandse vertaling van Boomtown en de FAQ op BGG
2005-12-15
0 BOOMTOWN QUICK REFERENCE.doc
Quick Reference Guide for Boomtown in MS Word
2005-12-03
0 Boomtown FAQ.doc
Boomtown FAQ
2005-09-13
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