Fool's Gold (2015)

About Fool's Gold

Fool's Gold takes place during the gold rush of 1849. Players are investors who send prospectors on a quest to find gold at various locations — in the mountains, in a forest, at a river, etc. — with each location having perils, gems, quantities of gold and bountiful supplies of silt. As players remove valuable gold cards from the location decks, silt becomes more prominent and gold harder to find. Each player starts Fool's Gold with six coins and 2-4 prospectors, …

Mechanics: Commodity Speculation, Dice Rolling, Push Your Luck, Set Collection, Worker Placement · Designer: Joshua Gerald Balvin

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