Furnace

Furnace is an engine-building Eurogame in which players take on the roles of 19th-century capitalists building their industrial corporations and aspiring to make as much money as they can by purchasing companies, extracting resources, and processing them in the best combinations possible.

The game is played over four rounds, and each round consists of two phases: Auction and Production. The Auction phase is a bidding round to gain cards and resources. Within the production phase players use their cards, in order of their choice, to gain resources, produce other resources or money or upgrade their cards.

At the end of four rounds, whoever has the most money wins.

Furnace also includes capitalist cards that contain unique effects, and if you want, you can choose to deal one out to each player at the start of the game.

For an additional challenge, you can require players to create a "production chain", with each newly acquired company card being placed somewhere in that chain and locked in position for the remainder of the game.

Arcane Wonders
2-4 players
30-60mins
12+
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