Furnace

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Furnace

460.3Tableau Building

Players
2–4 (Ideal 3–4)
Time
60 min
Complexity
Rating

Ambitious 19th-century industrialists build factories and process resources to amass the most wealth.

Gameplay

Players place value-limited discs in a constrained auction for company cards, gaining compensation when outbid. Then they sequence their tableau to convert and upgrade resources into money, optimizing engine timing over four rounds to earn the most cash.

ThemeAbstractThemedImmersive
RandomnessLuck-ishTacticalSkill
InteractionMinimalIndirectDirect
LearningIntuitiveModerateHeavy
TempoLightThoughtfulIntense
BoardGameGeek Ratings:7.42.32BoardGameGeek

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