Games Magazine - Year's Best Games
John J. Mccallion
December 2003
USA

Six cards in a row show mines owned by six townsfolk. The deck has Gold cards valued from 0 to 8, plus townsfolk cards. Deal everyone three cards. Each turn, either play a Gold card to any mine (each mine holds a maximum of five gold cards) or play a townsfolk card to its mine, and optionally place one of your three tokens to stake a claim there. End a turn by replenishing your hand. Play ceases when all 60 cards have been laid. Endgames can be tense! Earn the value of all the gold in mines where you alone have a claim. If there are several claimants, the rewards are shared. The player with the highest score after several rounds wins. This brilliant little nugget from Reiner Knizia is enhanced by John Kovalic's priceless art.

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