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1992 Ranked #11,051

Buried Treasure

This set-collection card game has players draw from shared stacks and build color majorities for points. Symbols can grant extra draws or steal matching cards, making control of each color unstable until scoring.

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Players

2-4

Play time

Not listed

Age

10+

Complexity

1.57/5

Rating

6.04

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.3/5

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?

In Buried Treasure, players compete to compile sets of colored cards by drawing from several common stacks. Depending on what symbol is on a card, drawing it might let you take another from the stacks or even steal cards of the same color from one of your opponents.

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In Buried Treasure, players compete to compile sets of colored cards by drawing from several common stacks. Depending on what symbol is on a card, drawing it might let you take another from the stacks or even steal cards of the same color from one of your opponents. At the end of the round, the majority holders of each color will gain points; the amount of points varies each round. Was awarded the title "Best Family Card Game" by Games Magazine in 2000.

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All specifications (5)

Play and group

Players
2–4
Best with
2–4
Play time
30 min
Age
10+
Complexity
1.6/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Sid Sackson

Artists

2
M. Löffler Ron Zalme

Publishers

1
F.X. Schmid