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Boomtown

#10997BGG ↗

2004 · 3-5 players · 30min · weight 1.69 · 2,701 ratings

v2 v3

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ID
10997
Name
Boomtown
Year
2004
Rank
1601
Min players
3
Max players
5
Playing time
30
Min playtime
30
Max playtime
30
Avg weight
1.6934
Num weights
287
Bayes avg
6.04118
Average
6.52773
Users rated
2701
Num owned
3239
Wanting
62
Wishing
290
Num comments
1006
Fetched at
Sat Apr 25 2026 16:17:23 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (5)
Auction / BiddingDice RollingSet CollectionTake ThatTurn Order: Auction
Categories (2)
American WestCard Game
Description (772 chars)

There's gold in them thar hills! In Boomtown — a game with auctions, dice, and fun/nasty action cards to play on opponents — you start as a gold digger and try to end as a tycoon. To do this, you must first buy the best mining concessions, hoping to find gold veins. You can also try to become the Mayor of Whiskey River or San Narciso, in order to get a small cut on concessions sales, or build a saloon where lucky prospectors will spend their nuggets in moonshine whiskey. If business is really bad, you can still rely on bank or stagecoach hold-ups to reestablish you. A well placed stick of dynamite can also solve some minor problems. Piraci features the same gameplay as Boomtown, but with the players now sailing the waters instead of panning them.

LLM v2 (wide)

Not yet enriched at v2 (wide pass).

LLM v3 (deep)

Not yet enriched at v3 (deep pass).