Experience the ultimate stock manipulation bonanza!
Invest in California gold rush mines and manipulate their destinies in this thrilling game by Reiner Knizia with gorgeous illustrations by Beth Sobel.
$45
Gold Country - $45
A scintillating speculating prospecting game.
Eureka! Gold flows like an endless sea in the rich hills and forests of California, and countless would-be prospectors have flocked to the lush landscape to stake their claim and make their fortune. Gather your pickaxe and pan, scout the land, and invest in the richest mines to collect the most gold!
Gold Country is a new California Gold Rush strategy game created by Reiner Knizia and gorgeously illustrated by Beth Sobel. Each turn, you’ll develop mining companies, buy and sell shares of those mining companies, spend your money on powerful abilities cards, and more! Gold Country enables shared incentives, encourages tactical pivoting, and rewards strategic foresight amid its simple rules and challenging decisions. The game ends once all the gold veins have been discovered, then the richest player wins.
Why You'll Love It
The Ultimate Stock Manipulation Game
- Shared Incentives: For one mining company, you’ll team up with one or more invested players to help it grow in wealth. For another mining company, you’ll scheme to sabotage the mine and hurt your rivals who own far too many shares. In the land of gold, anything is possible.
- Tough Decisions: Players must read the board and their opponents’ intentions as they navigate the mine field of lucrative gold veins, devastating fools gold, destructive cave-ins, and more.
- Variety of Experiences: Enjoy a randomized setup across two thrilling game boards!
- California Landscapes: Gold Country features vibrant California landscapes across the mine cards and game board inspired by real-world mining locations in California (illustrated by the legendary Beth Sobel!).
Another Layer to the Fun
Bona Fide Bonanza Expansion
Competition between the mines is fierce, and further riches can be gained by helping them achieve their ambitions!
On your turn, you have a third option when making your two transactions: take a Company Goal card. Each company has an asymmetric goal.
These goal cards cost you nothing to take, reward you greatly for achievement, but they’ll lose you money if the goal isn’t met at the end of the game. Thus, the first player to commit to a successful goal will be rewarded more money than later players who join in on that company goal.
Upgrade Your Fun
Deluxe Gold Coins
Perform all your transactions and collect your earnings with 54 genuine gold coins like a real California prospector! Warning: these metal coins may or may not be fools gold, but they are hefty and clackety like the finest metal coins.
*All add-ons fit inside the base game box.
Upgrade Your Fun
Big Metal Prospecting Pans
Don’t venture into Gold Country without your trusty metal prospecting pan! These four pans are perfect for holding all your wealth and showing off your earnings to your rivals as you drop your metal coins into your pan and give it a good loud shake for added emphasis. Your money is publicly displayed anyway, so you might as well flaunt it.
*All add-ons fit inside the base game box.
Upgrade Your Fun
Deluxe Tiles and Bag
Upgrade 79 punchboard tiles (gold, fools gold, gold veins, nuggets, cave-ins, boats dynamite, mine tiles, and gems) to thick acrylic discs and wood boats that come with a drawstring bag for easier and faster setup!
*All add-ons fit inside the base game box.
How to Play, Playthroughs, Reviews
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The brains behind the game
Creators
Reiner Knizia
Designer
With over 800 games and books published and dozens of awards received, Dr. Knizia is a legend in the board game industry. Though games have been a big part of his life since he was a child, Reiner initially studied to become a doctor of mathematics and then worked as a banker in England. When he reached 40, he decided it was time for a major change. Life should be fun. Games are fun. And people should have fun with games. So, from then on, he fully dedicated his life to game design, and his motto became: Bringing enjoyment to the people!
Beth Sobel
Artist
Beth Sobel is a board game illustrator who has been working in the games industry since 2013. She is known for illustrating Cascadia, Calico, and many more games. She lives in Bellingham, Washington with her husband and two cats.
Alisha Giroux
Graphic Design
Alisha Giroux is an illustrator and general maker of things, working as a freelance artist for both small and large companies. Alisha's work is highly inspired by Canadian wildlife. She is best known for her artwork in Lunar, Cat Blues: The Big Gig, and Shuffle and Swing.