# Furnace

Furnace is a board game for 2–4 players. It plays in 30–60 minutes and is meant for ages 12 and up. Ludoya players call it best with 4. It is rated 7.1 out of 10 by 88 Ludoya reviewers. The cheapest copy in stock is $31.99 (United States).

- **Players:** 2–4 (best with 4)
- **Playing time:** 30–60 minutes
- **Minimum age:** 12+
- **Complexity:** 2.3 out of 5
- **Year published:** 2020
- **Categories:** Card Game, Industry / Manufacturing, Economic, Post-Napoleonic
- **Mechanics:** Auction / Bidding, Income, Multi-Use Cards, Constrained Bidding, Open Drafting, Variable Player Powers, Action Queue, Variable Set-up, Turn Order: Progressive, Auction: Fixed Placement, Auction: Multiple Lot, Auction Compensation
- **Ludoya rating:** 7.1 out of 10, from 88 reviews
- **Owned by:** 182 Ludoya players
- **Plays logged on Ludoya:** 441
- **Unique players:** 625

**Designers:** Ivan Lashin

**Artists:** Oleg Yurkov, Egor Zharkov, Marta Ivanova, Ilya Konovalov, Vadim Poluboyarov, Sergey Dulin

**Publishers:** La Boîte de Jeu, Hobby World, Arcane Wonders, Board Game Rookie

## Where to buy in United States

| Shop | Price | Link |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Atomic Empire | 31.99 $ | https://www.atomicempire.com/Item/295598 |
| Miniature Market | 31.99 $ | https://www.miniaturemarket.com/furnace.html |
| Cardhaus Games | 34.99 $ | https://www.cardhaus.com/furnace/ |
| Board Game Bliss | 40.95 $ | https://www.boardgamebliss.com/products/furnace |
| eFantasy | 49.99 € | https://www.efantasy.gr/en/products/board-games/191317-board-game-furnace |
| Ludifolie | 28.9 € | https://www.ludifolie.com/11036-les-hauts-fourneaux.html |
| Curiosity Shop | 32 € | https://www.thecuriosityshop.es/products/furnace-ingles |
| Dragons Lair | 395 kr | https://dragonslair.se/products/furnace |
| Zatu Games | 30.29 £ | https://zatu.com/products/furnace |
| Svet deskovych her | 870 Kč | https://www.svet-deskovych-her.cz/produkty/8755/furnace |
| Spelexperten | 449 kr | https://www.spelexperten.com/sallskapsspel/strategispel/furnace.html |
| Games Empire | 64.99 $ | https://gamesempire.com.au/products/furnace |
| Travelling Man | 36.99 £ | https://travellingman.com/products/furnace |
| Good Games | 71 $ | https://www.goodgames.com.au/products/furnace |
| Fantasiapelit | 44 € | https://www.fantasiapelit.com/index.php?main=ai&kat=single&mista=indeksi&etsittava=_212715 |
| World of Board Games | 499 kr | https://www.worldofboardgames.com/furnace |
| Game Ninja | 499 kr | https://www.gameninja.no/produkt/furnace/ |
| Alphaspel | 529 kr | https://alphaspel.se/491-bradspel/133101-furnace |
| Uplay | 55.99 € | https://www.uplay.it/it/gioco-da-tavolo-furnace.html |
| Spielezar | 59.9 Fr. | https://www.spielezar.ch/brettspiele/furnace-en |

## Expansions

- [Furnace: Interbellum](https://www.ludoya.com/games/furnace-interbellum)
- [Furnace: Office Promo Card](https://www.ludoya.com/games/furnace-promo-company-card)
- [Furnace: Alfred Nobel Promo Card](https://www.ludoya.com/games/furnace-alfred-nobel-promo-card)
- [Furnace: Interbellum – Smiley Balloon Promo Company Card](https://www.ludoya.com/games/furnace-interbellum-smiley-balloon-promo-company-card)
- [Furnace: Ruhrgebiet Promo Card](https://www.ludoya.com/games/furnace-ruhr-area-promo-card)
- [Furnace: Allentown Promo Card](https://www.ludoya.com/games/furnace-allentown-promo-card)
- [Индустрия: Набор ресурсов (Furnace: Resources Set)](https://www.ludoya.com/games/furnace-resources-set)

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## Rules questions

### If I win a Company card, do I still get the compensation printed at the top?

No — the player who wins the card does not receive that card's compensation; only the players who were outbid get compensated (page 4).

### How does compensation scale with the value of my disc?

For extraction compensations you gain the listed resources multiplied by your disc's value, and for processing compensations you may perform the processing up to as many times as your disc's value (pages 4–5).

### Can I place more than one of my own discs on the same Company card during the auction?

No — you cannot have two discs belonging to the same player on a single card (page 4).

### If I upgrade a Company card during the Production Phase, can I then use its additional (upgraded) effect in the same phase?

Only if you upgrade it before resolving that card; if you resolve its basic effect first and then upgrade it, you cannot go back to resolve the additional effect that round (page 5).

### Are extraction effects optional or mandatory?

Extraction effects are mandatory — you must take the full extraction listed and cannot refuse or take it partially (page 3).

### In which order are auction cards and compensations resolved, and can resources gained from one compensation be spent on another?

Auction cards are resolved left to right one by one, and because of that extraction compensations to the left can produce resources that are then spent by compensation effects to the right, so the left-to-right order matters (page 5).

## Links

- [This page](https://www.ludoya.com/games/furnace)
- [Furnace in the Ludoya app](https://app.ludoya.com/g/furnace)
- [BoardGameGeek entry](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/318084)

_Data from Ludoya, updated 2026-09-19. Ratings, ownership and play counts are Ludoya's own._