# Pay Dirt

Pay Dirt is a board game for 2–5 players. It plays in 90 minutes and is meant for ages 13 and up. Ludoya players call it best with 4.

- **Players:** 2–5 (best with 4)
- **Playing time:** 90 minutes
- **Minimum age:** 13+
- **Complexity:** 2.6 out of 5
- **Year published:** 2014
- **Categories:** Industry / Manufacturing, Environmental
- **Mechanics:** Worker Placement, Events, Auction / Bidding, Open Drafting
- **Owned by:** 2 Ludoya players
- **Plays logged on Ludoya:** 2
- **Unique players:** 5

**Designers:** Tory Niemann

**Artists:** Naomi Robinson, Darrell Louder

**Publishers:** Crash Games

## Expansions

- [Pay Dirt: Old Timer, 1899er Mini-Expansion](https://www.ludoya.com/games/pay-dirt-old-timer-1899er-mini-expansion)
- [Pay Dirt: Spectral Mini-Expansion](https://www.ludoya.com/games/pay-dirt-spectral-mini-expansion)
- [Pay Dirt: The Last Frontier Mini Expansion](https://www.ludoya.com/games/pay-dirt-the-last-frontier-mini-expansion)

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## Links

- [This page](https://www.ludoya.com/games/pay-dirt)
- [Pay Dirt in the Ludoya app](https://app.ludoya.com/g/pay-dirt)
- [BoardGameGeek entry](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/125050)

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