2019 · City Building
Coloma
Players take the role of pioneers in Gold Rush–era California, prospecting for gold, recruiting workers, buying horses, and establishing businesses and camps across a growing frontier. Each chapter begins with simultaneous action selection; if a majority choose the same action, that choice becomes a Bust and loses its Boom bonus. Players then resolve actions in turn to collect resources, move wagons, build bridges and businesses, and place gunmen. A rotating board section shifts available actions between chapters. When the rotating section reaches high noon, a shootout against outlaws resolves: rewards depend on whether players’ combined gunmen outnumber the outlaws. The game ends after the third shootout and highest score wins.
- Players
- 1–6 best 4
- Playing time
- 60–90 min
- Age
- 14+
- Complexity
- 3 / 5
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Full stats in Ludoya- 102
- Plays logged
- 264
- Players
- 2h 1m
- Average play
- 49
- In collections
- 9
- On wishlists
- 1
- Pre-ordered
7.5/10
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Mestremuten6.0 Rating: 3/5 Production value: 3/4 Is the game in my collection/Love to have?: 0/1
First impressions · 1 play
Garfield8.0 #1 There are a lot of details here in this game which makes a strong theme. Interesting rondel action mechanism. [c] Theme: ★★★★☆ <!-- size 7]Very good --> Gameplay: ★★★★☆ <!-- size 7]Very good amount of choices --> Interaction: ★★★☆☆ <!-- size 7]Good amount of interaction --> Artwork: ★★★★☆ <!-- size 7]Very nice --> Luck: ★★☆☆☆ <!-- size 7]The rondel can be random --> Strategy: ★★★★☆ <!-- size 7]Multiple strategies, you have to focus --> Components: ★★★★☆ <!-- size 7]Very good --> Play duration: ★★★★☆ <!-- size 7]For such a game very good --> Easy to teach: ★☆☆☆☆ <!-- size 7]Takes very long (60min) --> Rules quality: <!-- size 7]not read --> Setup time: <!-- size 7]can't remember --> No downtime: ★★★☆☆ <!-- size 7]Ok --> Replay value: ★★★☆☆ <!-- size 7]Different strategies --> [/c]
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