Cavum (2008)

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Designer	Michael Kiesling Wolfgang Kramer
Artist	Mike Doyle
Publisher	Eagle Games FRED Distribution HUCH! & friends Quined White Goblin Games Red Glove Show More »
Year Published	2008
# of Players	2 − 4
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 3 players Recommended with 2, 3, 4 players (32 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	90 minutes
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User Suggested Ages	12 and up (5 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence	No necessary in-game text (7 voters) [poll]
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Subdomain	Strategy Games (18 voters) [vote]
Category	American West
Mechanic	Action Point Allowance System Auction/Bidding Pick-up and Deliver Route/Network Building Set Collection Show More »
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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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Publisher: Eagle Games, FRED Distribution, HUCH! & friends, Quined White Goblin Games, Red Glove more»

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Year: 2009

Product Code: 101182N

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Publisher: Quined White Goblin Games

Artist: Mike Doyle

Year: 2008

Size: Long Rectangle (e.g. Power Grid)

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1	Rules Once you Pass in "Bid for Sequence Cards" and "Color" sale, can you re-enter bidding?	2011-12-22	mfl134	1
0	Rules Yet another question/clarification about selling gems	2011-08-01	rampantdr...	3
0	Rules Starting tunnel tiles (5) and blowing them up with dynamite.	2011-07-10	hntrbass	1
0	Rules Buy Pool only gets tiles at the beginning, right?	2011-02-24	luish	3
0	Strategy Order cards: why leave any behind?	2011-02-24	luish	3
1	Strategy Selling stones: why is it worth?	2011-02-24	luish	7
0	Strategy Wich are the most helpfull dinamite tiles?	2011-02-05	hemp	1
1	Rules building into/out of cities rule clarifications	2010-12-20	John Rogers	3
0	Rules Sequence cards question	2010-12-19	John Rogers	3
2	Rules Some questions not covered by the FAQ	2010-11-05	Hermjard	9

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concise reference sheet by hecose

Reference sheet useful for quick referencing and provides a structured summary for teaching the game. If you are interested in ref sheets for other games that I’ve made (~200), a complete set is available at my boardgame blog, http://hiewandboardgames.blogspot.com/2010/12/concise-reference-sheets.html

hecose

2011-10-28

Cavum - Lithuanian rules

Žaidimo taisyklės lietuvių kalba

Pankis

2010-05-05

CAVUM rules in chinese

firefan

2010-04-06

French FAQ (translation of english one + add)

A french translation of the english FAQ and some additionnal report on various french forum.

matinciel

2010-02-04

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

CAVUM FAQ 1.2.pdf Correction of typo. Thanks

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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German review - Reich der Spiele	http://www.reich-der-spiele.com/kritiken/Cavum	2011-09-08
Polish review at GamesFantaic.pl	http://www.gamesfanatic.pl/2008/10/29/cavum-w-posz...	2011-03-25
Nederlandstalige review Cavum	http://www.bloggen.be/speleninlille/archief.php?ID...	2010-11-10
Dutch user reviews on Bordspelmania.eu	http://www.bordspelmania.eu/spellen/detail/cavum_5...	2010-09-08
French section at Jedisjeux.net	http://www.jedisjeux.net/c-est-dans-la-boite-cavum...	2010-07-01
Board to Death TV Video Review	http://www.boardtodeath.tv/review/1873	2010-06-12
Scott's Stuff Video Review	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDK9d2RLbQU	2010-05-21
German Review on H@ll9000	http://www.hall9000.de/cgi-bin/linkman/linkman.pl?...	2010-01-25
Review on www.GoodGameGuide.de (in German)	http://www.superfred.de/cavum.html	2009-12-11
English Review on BoardGameNews	http://www.boardgamenews.com/index.php/boardgamene...	2009-12-07