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2011
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Description
In 1905, the last great North American gold and silver rush took place near Death Valley, in Nevada. Bullfrog Goldfield is a stock trading game in which players attempt to cash in on the discovery of this ore. Players must develop mines to acquire the ore, construct towns to support the miners, and lay railroads to ship the ore away. Competition can be brutal as railroads race across the desert to arrive at mines first, fortunes ebb and flow on the mercy of mineral veins, and hostile takeovers threaten hard-earned holdings. Only the development of mines brings chance into the game, luck is absent everywhere else.
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Drive Thru Games Top List at 11:43 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- A lot of fun
- Enjoyed the randomness and seeing what happens
- Solid and interesting mechanics
- Can be found relatively cheap
Cons
- 18xx players tend to not like it
- High randomness can lead to lopsided experiences
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- 18xx — It's technically an 18xx game with stock, railroads, and making connections.
- economic simulation — Involves connecting towns to mines and exploiting them for profit.
- randomness — Features more randomness than typical 18xx games, particularly through mine payouts.
- Tile Placement — Players connect to mines which have stacks of mine tiles.
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- hey everybody welcome to another top 10 list today as you can tell from the title we are covering the top 10 misfit games
- jamie from the secret cabal he's a friend of mine and he's struggling right now he's recovering from esophageal cancer he's on the mend
- these are games that for whatever reason kind of just flew under the radar didn't really make a splash there's something kind of weird about them but games that i really would enjoy and recommend
- the order is actually i'm going to go from oldest to newest so we're going to go way back way back when
- this is the one game on the list i do not think you will be able to find if you can find it good luck to you
- it's hard to explain in short summary
- i think the best resident evil style board game that i've played
- i loved it and had a blast with it so there you go
- i think all these you can get on the cheap
- it's going to take a couple of plays but the rest of these it was like huh this game's kind of weird let's play this again this is weird and then we'd play it a couple times and then then actually this is actually really neat game really different and kind of a unique experience
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