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Pipeline: The Game of Oily International Trade

Pipeline: The Game of Oily International Trade

Metaversal Studios · 2005
2–530 min10+ yrs2.4 BGG4Strategy
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From the publisher: Inspired by ancient stone-passing games like Mancala, Pipeline is a game of strategy and negotiation. Players choose from five evil megacorporations to rule over twenty comically named oil-bearing countries (Suxembourg, Liceland, Petropolis).

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official art · Metaversal Studios

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Inspired by ancient stone-passing games like Mancala, Pipeline is a game of strategy and negotiation. Players choose from five evil megacorporations to rule over twenty comically named oil-bearing countries (Suxembourg, Liceland, Petropolis). All the corporations share a common oil trading route ("the pipeline") that runs through the countries, so the trick is to put as little good product into the pipeline while pulling out as much refined material as possible. Players export product, collect dividends and pillage to collect oil tokens which have negative and positive values. Once a corporation goes bankrupt, the game ends, and the player with the most valuable oil hoard wins. Optional rules adjust the length and style of the game from short and cutthroat to long and sneaky.

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BGG rating2.4 / 10
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Play time
30 min
Players
2–5
Recommended age
10+ yrs
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A game of Pipeline: The Game of Oily International Trade takes about 30 minutes. (The first game doesn't count. It never counts.)
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Pipeline: The Game of Oily International Trade is recommended from age 10.
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