Arcane Wonders | Furnace | Board Game | Ages 14+ | 2-4 Players | 30-60 Minutes Playing Time Multicolor,AWGAW08FN

Description

Furnace is an engine-building Eurogame in which players take on the roles of 19th-century capitalists building their industrial corporations and aspiring to make as much money as they are able to by purchasing companies, extracting resources, and processing them in the best combinations imaginable. Each player starts the game with a random start-up card, the resources depicted at the top of that card, and four colored discs valued 1-4. The game is played over four rounds, and each round consists of two phases: Auction and Production. All through the auction, 6-8 company cards are laid out with their basic sides face up. Players take turns placing one of their discs on any such cards, but you cannot place a disc on a card if a disc of the same value or color is already present. Thus, you’ll be able to place discs on four cards. Once the entire discs are placed, the cards are resolved from left to right. Whoever placed the highest-valued disc will claim this card, but first anyone with a lower-valued disc on this card will gain compensation, either the resources depicted multiplied by the value of their disc or a processing ability (exchange X for Y) up to as many times as the value of their disc. Once the entire cards have been claimed or discarded, players enter the production phase, the use of their cards in the order of their choice. Each company card has one action — either production or processing — on its basic side and two actions on its upgraded side. All through the production phase, you’ll use each of your cards once to gain resources, process those resources into other resources or money, and upgrade your cards. At the end of four rounds, whoever has the most money wins. Furnace also includes capitalist cards that contain unique effects, and if you wish to have, you’ll choose to deal one out to each player at the start of the game. For an additional challenge, you’ll require players to create a “production chain”, with each newly acquired company card being placed somewhere in that chain and locked in position for the remainder of the game. Contents: 36 double-sided Company cards 5 single-sided Start-up cards 5 Capitalist cards 1 first player token 4 players’ color tokens 4 different-colors sets of 4 Capital discs 1 neutral-colored Capital disc 40 Coal cubes 20 Iron bars 15 Oil drums 4 multiplication tokens 12 upgrade tokens 61 money tokens 1 round counter (2 pieces) 1 die 1 rulebook

Furnace is an engine-building Eurogame in which players take on the roles of 19th-century capitalists building their industrial corporations and aspiring to make as much money as they are able to by purchasing companies, extracting resources, and processing them in the best combinations imaginable
Purchase new production facilities and timely upgrade them to extract and process your resources in among the finest way and the title of the wealthiest capitalist of the technological revolution will be yours!
Lavish and historically-accurate artwork of the best industrial buildings of the turn of the 19th/20th century
Fast and easy to learn, yet hard to master
English Version | Ages 14+ | 2-4 Players | 30-60 Minutes Playing Time