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Mining Maniac

Mining Maniac

X-Axis Production · 2015
2–645–75 min10+ yrs2.0/5 complexity6.1 BGG48Strategy
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How do you play Mining Maniac?

Each player is the Chief Executive Officer of their own mining corporation, entrusted with singular goal of maximizing annual profit.

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Mining Maniac box art
official art · X-Axis Production

Each player is the Chief Executive Officer of their own mining corporation, entrusted with singular goal of maximizing annual profit. The rules are simple; strategically task your personnel with their varying strengths and limitations to adapt to changing market situations, out thinking the competition, buffer threats of sabotage and crisis, all while preserving the bottom line.

In each round, the prices for minerals shift. Then each player picks a character that they want to use this round. After everyone has got a character card, an unexpected incident card is revealed. This incident could ruin a player's original plan of his selected character's power. Lastly, players take their turn according to the turn number written on their character cards, and perform 2 of the 3 possible actions: hire worker(s), mine from the map, or sell the commodities.

The player with most money after 12 rounds wins the game.

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Complexity2.0 / 5
BGG rating6.1 / 10
Vibe
Strategy
Language dependence
Some text — easily memorized
🌐 plays without English
Play time
45–75 min
Players
2–6
Recommended age
10+ yrs
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Q3How do you play Mining Maniac?
Mining Maniac is a economic game, for 2–6 players, taking ~45–75 minutes. Check the Rules tab for setup, gameplay, and scoring, or ask Trișache anything about Mining Maniac — our AI assistant built by howtoplay.ro and trained specifically on board game rulebooks.
Q4How many players does Mining Maniac support?
Mining Maniac is played by 2–6 players.
Q5How long does a game of Mining Maniac take?
A game of Mining Maniac takes about 45–75 minutes. (The first game doesn't count. It never counts.)
Q6What age is Mining Maniac for?
Mining Maniac is recommended from age 10.
Q7How complex is Mining Maniac?
Mining Maniac has a BoardGameGeek complexity of 2.0 out of 5.
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