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Pay Dirt

#125050BGG ↗

2014 · 2-5 players · 90min · weight 2.56 · 745 ratings

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ID
125050
Name
Pay Dirt
Year
2014
Rank
5096
Min players
2
Max players
5
Playing time
90
Min playtime
90
Max playtime
90
Avg weight
2.5625
Num weights
48
Bayes avg
5.7742
Average
6.65901
Users rated
745
Num owned
1224
Wanting
62
Wishing
293
Num comments
269
Fetched at
Wed Apr 29 2026 05:34:55 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (4)
Auction / BiddingEventsOpen DraftingWorker Placement
Categories (2)
EnvironmentalIndustry / Manufacturing
Description (1126 chars)

Pay Dirt is an engine-building, worker placement game set in frigid Alaska for 2-5 players. Players are competing to manage and grow their entire mining outfit while acquiring the most gold before the ground is too frozen to dig. The Alaskan countryside is an inhospitable environment, so players will face hardships that affect their entire outfit – not to mention the ever-dropping temperature that will shut down their operation. In Pay Dirt players start with a small basic crew, an unimpressive claim, mediocre equipment and just a little bit of cash to make a go in one of the toughest competitions this side of the globe. Gold mining isn’t cheap and players will have to sell their gold throughout the game to keep the equipment running and their workers happy. Through clever use of their equipment and workers, players can make their mining outfits more efficient and dialed in to their preference of play. Will you recruit heavily and stack your camp with workers or will you keep your eyes on better and more efficient equipment? Will you have what it takes to hit to strike it rich and hit pay dirt?

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