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Game Entry

King Oil

(1974)
User Rating: 6.01 / 10 (191 Ratings)
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GameID: 2608
Rank: 2232
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Information

Designed By: (Uncredited)
Published By: Milton Bradley
Mfg suggested # of Players: 2 - 4 players
User suggested # of Players:
Best with 4 players
Recommended with 3, 4 players
(1 voter) [poll]
Playing Time: 60 Minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages: 9 and up
User Suggested Ages: (no votes yet)
[poll]
Language Dependence: Some necessary text - easily memorized or small crib sheet
(1 voter) [poll]
Category: Industry / Manufacturing
Economic
Mechanics: N/A
Other Names:
Öl-Magnat
Olie-Magnaat

Description

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This MB game comes with a plastic "board". Its size is dictated by the three randomizing discs embedded in its base, which are used to generate a new playing area every time (there are approximately 512 different setups possible).

You buy properties, drill for oil, link properties with pipelines so as to collect royalties and try to be the richest player. Event cards complicate matters. Drilling is resolved with a little rig whose plunger is pushed up if it doesn't go through the hidden disc; if it pushes through all three, the well is dry. Deeper holes cost more, of course.

Pipelines can be bought once you have 4 producing oil wells on a property; they reach across that property's boundary to another player's property, and are used to siphon royalties from him every turn. This is a clever mechanic that accelerates bankruptcy and keeps total playing time within reasonable limits.

Once all players but one are pushed into bankruptcy, the remaining one is the winner.

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Statistics

User Rank: 2232
Num Ratings: 191
Average Rating: 6.01
Standard Deviation: 1.33
Num Views: 15909
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Similarly Rated: View
Avg. Game Weight: 1.58 moreinfo
Personal Comments: 105
Users Owning: 242
Users Wanting: 35
Users Trading: 32
Has Parts For Trade: 2
Want Parts In Trade: 1
Price History: View
Total Plays: 67
Plays This Month: 1
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