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1975 Ranked #21,762

Lost Gold

A hidden-treasure deduction game has opponents secretly bury gold bags, then use a magnetic detector and movement rolls to search a grid. Correctly locating all three enemy treasure spots first wins, while a wrong full guess loses.

Deduction Exploration Secret Unit Deployment Players: Two-Player Only Games

Players

2

Play time

Not listed

Age

8+

Complexity

1/5

Rating

5.47

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.1/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 3.9/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.6/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

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Each player secretly hides 3 gold bags under the platform. The board is reversed and play begins.

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Each player secretly hides 3 gold bags under the platform. The board is reversed and play begins. Neither player knows where the other has hidden his gold. The board is divided into a grid and a treasure detector is used to search for the buried treasure. The gold bags are magnetic and the treasure finder has a window that turns red when it has passed over treasure. A die is used to determine how many squares can be searched in a turn. The detector has a window that must be closed prior to searching for treasure. After moving the detector over a number of squares, the window is opened and if it has turned red, the detector has passed over a piece of your opponents treasure. By strategically searching the grid, a player is able to determine where the buried gold is hidden. A treasure map is provided to aid in remembering possible locations. The winner is the player that can locate all three treasure locations before his opponent. If you are not correct in all three locations, the opponent automatically wins.

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Play and group

Players
2
Best with
2
Play time
45 min
Age
8+
Complexity
1.0/5
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Designers

1
Sam Kjellman

Publishers

1
Parker Brothers

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