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Designed By	Wolfgang Kramer Michael Kiesling
Art By	Mike Doyle
Published By	Eagle Games Huch & Friends Quined White Goblin Games (QWG) Red Glove
Year Published	2008
# of Players:	2 − 4
User Suggested # of Players	(Not best with any number) Recommended with 2, 3, 4 players (20 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	90 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	0 and up
User Suggested Ages	12 and up (3 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence	No necessary in-game text (6 voters) [poll]
Category	American West
Mechanic	Action Point Allowance System Auction/Bidding Pick-up and Deliver
Primary Name	Cavum
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	Description Edit \| History

In the mountain there are veins of precious stones. The players build tunnels in the mountain, establish stations in the mountain and in the city, discover veins of precious stones, acquire precious stones, and sell them. The players get points for stations in the city and for selling precious stones. The winner is the player with the most points.

October 2008: The game is published in an international edition in Essen 2008 in English, German, French and Dutch.

2009: The 2nd edition will be published in a dutch/french version (QWG Games), a german version (Huch&Friends), an italian version (Red Glove) and an english version (Eagle Games/FRED Distribution).

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6	General Not one '10' rating so far? Why not?	2009-11-02	Kimball Bent	12
0	Rules Dynamite and Option Tiles	2009-10-18	Rokkr	3
0	Rules Cavum-Setup Question	2009-10-02	tovartx4	4
26	Reviews Snooty Germans Say It 'Ca-VOOM'	2009-09-30	VixenTorG...	10
0	Rules Another Question Re: "Buy Pool" and "Reserve"	2009-09-29	Drew1365	5
0	Rules Confirming my suspicions re: Tile Placement (and stations)	2009-09-29	Drew1365	2
6	General The tile frames are so beautiful I almost don't want to punch them!	2009-09-25	Drew1365	5
0	Rules Looking under veins explicitly disallowed?	2009-09-15	JeffyJeff	4
0	Rules Dynamite that's underneath dynamite doesn't expload?	2009-08-29	JeffyJeff	7
0	General Play time 90 minutes???	2009-08-10	JeffyJeff	12

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Cavum Quick Start

Revised rules summary to help you get the game setup quickly and refresh your memory on the rules.

cowhollow

2009-07-28

Cavum FAQ

Version 1.1 FAQ Please send any comments or additions to me via geekmail. Thanks ***Thumbs are appreciated***

kneumann

2009-05-07

Cavum - Spanish Rules

Translation into Spanish of the Cavum rules done in collaboration with angel3233.

dramaplastika

2008-11-28

Spelhulp Cavum (Dutch)

Deze spelhulp bevat een beknopt overzicht van alle Cavum spelregels. Even lamineren voor good looks.

Watch

2008-11-27

Cavum rules

This are the almost definitive rules for Cavum. This rulebook is included in the international limited edition of the game (English, German, French and Dutch).

Nekrataal

2008-09-17

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1632	The Definitive List of Board Game Videos and Interactive Tutorials	2007-08-12
555	2008 Edition of Look what my Secret Santa sent me...	2008-10-29
395	Essen 2008 Canonical List	2008-06-20
239	Shelf Pr0n Central	2008-11-24
220	ESSEN => Canadian Invasion - Vacation in Ibiza Spain then 4 of us go to Essen, TONS of pics, mini-reviews on 17 games and more	2008-11-06
197	Initial Impressions - Essen 2008 Releases	2008-11-10
193	Essen 2008 Ranking Tracker	2008-10-23
187	Essen 2008 - Strategic Gamer's review	2008-10-29
179	Proposed yucata.de games	2007-07-07
171	The Buzzlist: Anticipated Releases - May/Jun 2009	2009-06-15

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Board Game Rank:	553
Num Ratings:	399
Average Rating:	7.05
Standard Deviation:	1.25
Num Views:	35800
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Avg. Game Weight:	3.5
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Personal Comments:	161
Users Owning:	434
Users Wanting:	116
Users Trading:	12
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Total Plays:	541
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Review on RPG.net	http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/14/14528.phtml	2009-10-07
English Review at Drake's Flames	http://drakesflames.blogspot.com/2009/09/board-gam...	2009-10-01
Dutch review	http://www.spellenclub13.be/recensies/Cavum.htm	2009-06-27
Excellent overview of Cavum's gameplay at the Journal of Boardgame Design	http://jbdgames.blogspot.com/2008/12/cavum-board-g...	2009-06-18
German review at poeppelkiste.de	http://www.poeppelkiste.de/rezensionen/2009/cavum/...	2009-01-29
German review at poeppelkiste.de	http://www.poeppelkiste.de/rezensionen/2009/cavum/...	2009-01-13
First impression at Gamepack	http://www.gamepack.nl/gamepack/firstimp-abc.html#...	2008-11-03
A french session report with 21 photos	http://lgimet.over-blog.com/article-24211239.html	2008-10-29

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