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1985 Ranked #21,000

The American Goldrush 1849

A frontier adventure game has players pan rivers or dig hills for gold, then survive long enough to return it to the fort. Predators and bandits cause setbacks, so carrying the richest haul is not enough without survival.

American West Economic Pick-up and Deliver Push Your Luck

Players

2-10

Play time

20-120 min

Age

12+

Complexity

1/5

Rating

5.65

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.4/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 3.9/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.7/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

The players start in Fort Sutter with various equipment and some rations. Either pan gold in the rivers, or dig gold out of the hills. Perils such as grizzlies, pumas, and bandits can cause set backs. To win the player who survives to bring the most gold back to the Fort wins.

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All specifications (5)

Play and group

Players
2–10
Best with
2–10
Play time
20–120 min
Age
12+
Complexity
1.0/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Jean du Poël

Publishers

2
Fagus Historien Spiele Galerie (Historien Spielegalerie)

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