Build oil refinery networks to upgrade crude into premium products. Heavy economic euro at its finest.
Vibe's take
heavy economic, spatial pipe-building, market timing, industrial theme, brain-burning
Who it's for
Heavy euro fans who want a unique economic theme with genuine spatial puzzle elements.
Not for you if…
You want light or social gaming. This is a head-down economic optimization puzzle.
The government has privatized oil refining, and you are building a pipeline empire. Buy crude oil at market prices, pipe it through an increasingly complex network of refinery tiles to upgrade it, and sell the refined product for profit. The tile-laying pipe network is a spatial puzzle where every connection matters: longer chains produce better oil, but inefficient routing wastes turns. Market prices fluctuate based on player actions, creating an economic dynamic that rewards reading the table. A heavy economic euro about literally building a pipeline.
Players
Duration
60–120 min
Ages 14+
Complexity
3.9 / 5 — HeavyBGG Rating
6.9/10
Rank #581
5.6k ratings
Published
2019
Language
Moderate text
Designed by
Ryan Courtney
Published by
sternenschimmermeer, Maldito Games, Game Harbor, Capstone Games
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Build oil refinery networks to upgrade crude into premium products. Heavy economic euro at its finest.
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