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2022
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Description
Mining Colony Duel is a 1-2 player "BYOP" (bring your own pencil) adaptation of Mining Colony, a print-and-play game that requires no components other than the printed sheets and pencils.
In the game, you build a mining colony on a distant planet. At the start of each round, players bid for resources, which include polyomino tiles, domes, landing pads, and science stations. After players reveal their bids, the players place (draw) the resources onto their sheets, trying to accomplish various things, such as having multiple items of the same type in a row or column.
After eight rounds, players score based on the development of their colonies.
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Ryan and Bethany Board Game Reviews Review at 0:09 sentiment: positive
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Pros
- Easy to learn with only five rules
- Low barriers to entry via print-and-play and BYOP
- Road-trip friendly and highly portable
- Low cost and quick setup
- Short playtime with quick rounds
Cons
- Lower production value compared to boxed games
- Depth may be modest for some players
- Balancing considerations if cards are split or house rules are used
Thematic elements
- Resource bidding and pattern/tile development
- A mining colony in a shared sci‑fi world
- abstract, puzzle-like with scoring phases
Comparison games
- Mining Colony
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Auction / Bidding — Players bid credits to choose between two available tile options on a shared board.
- bidding — Players bid credits to choose between two available tile options on a shared board.
- Compound Scoring — End-of-round and end-of-game scoring use columns/rows of symbols against a scoring chart.
- multi-phase scoring — Final scoring comprises phases A through E to tally stars, credits, symbols, and empty spaces.
- Paper-and-Pencil — No dice or bulky components; pencil and printed sheets suffice (BYOP).
- Pattern scoring — End-of-round and end-of-game scoring use columns/rows of symbols against a scoring chart.
- print-and-pencil accessibility — No dice or bulky components; pencil and printed sheets suffice (BYOP).
- symbol draw and placement — Once a bid is won, the player draws the chosen symbol and places it on their board.
- tiebreakers by age — In ties, the younger player wins on even rounds and the older player wins on odd rounds.
- tile drafting and placement — Winning a bid allows placement of a symbol tile on the player's board, shaping a pattern.
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- this game is so easy to learn there's like what five rules
- it's all you need
- bring your own pencil
- BYOP
- this would be great on a road trip
- laminate these
- if there's a tie i like laughed a lot for this so players the highest score wins if tired the player with more credits win if still tied the player with more stars win if still tied play another game
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