Economic · Industry / Manufacturing

Wildcatters

Wildcatters is a tactical and strategic board game set during the booming business of the 19th century oil industry!

2–4 players120 minages 12expert difficulty

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What is Wildcatters

Wildcatters is a tactical and strategic board game set during the booming business of the 19th century oil industry!

The players are oil barons who develop oil fields; bid for oil rights; and build rigs, oil tankers, trains, and refineries. Your goal is to deliver more oil barrels to the continents than the other players while also collecting more shares and money than them.

The game lasts seven rounds with four players, and the game set-up is the same for each player, with three rigs, two trains, one tanker and one refinery being placed on the board. The game board features a world map divided into eight areas where you can find oil. Players choose an open area card and get money to build rigs, tankers, trains and refineries, after which they can buy oil actions. The players work together in an oilfield to find oil at a lower cost. The players transport oil together to the refineries, using trains and tankers from other players to deliver oil to the refineries – and all with one purpose: deliver more oil than the other players by the end of the game.

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Game details

Players: 2–4
Age: +12
Duration: 120 min
Difficulty: Expert
Type: Board game
Year: 2013
Mechanics: Area Majority / Influence · Auction / Bidding · Network and Route Building
Categories: Economic · Industry / Manufacturing · Transportation
Designer: Rolf Sagel · André Spil
Publisher: RASS Games · Capstone Games

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davidarribas6/10

Wildcatters es un juego económico de los duros, recuerda mucho a los diseños de Martin Wallace. En el juego somos Barons del petróleo, la primera partida es bastante dura, no sabes que tienes que hacer ni como haber las cosas para conseguir PV. La primera partida fue positiva, pero eso tampoco quiere decir nada, es un juego que necesita de varias partidas para ver su posible potencial y reseñarlo adecuadamente: el sistema de producción de petróleo y el tránsito a las refinerías es algo que uno debe comprender para ver cómo sacar partido. El ganador se elige sumando puntos en distintas áreas