Coal Baron: The Great Card Game
Mine coal, load wagons and deliver on contracts in a standalone card version of Coal Baron.
- Designers
- Michael Kiesling, Wolfgang Kramer
- Published by
- eggertspiele
Essen at the turn of the twentieth century, black dust everywhere, and you are in the coal business. Coal Baron: The Great Card Game is a standalone card version of the 2013 board game Coal Baron, with almost 240 cards and a different feel. You dig coal out of your mines, load it onto wagon trains and ship it off to distant buyers, working through hand management, open drafting, contracts and set collection, with a worker-placement flavour. It is not just a smaller copy: the design is reworked around cards, and the pace is just as intense as the original. Two to four players, around eighty minutes.
Who it's for
You like industrial euro games and want a card-based take on mining and delivery, with a rich evening for two to four.
Not for you if…
You want a light card game or a close copy of the board game. This is its own heavier, longer design.
Vibe's take
Dense and satisfying in an engine-building way. You are constantly weighing what to dig, what to ship and which cards to hold back.
Published 2016 · 10 years ago
older than 59% of games
In 3,551 collections
collected more than 46% of games
2–4 players · ages 10+
50–80 min
longer than 72% of games · typical 30–90 min
Complexity: demanding
Takes some learning · 2.7 out of 5 · heavier than 75%
Opinions: broad agreement
Most people rate it similarly
Language: no text
Playable without the language
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