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Crude: The Oil Game

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1974 · 2-4 players · 90min · weight 2.73 · 1,157 ratings

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ID
147
Name
Crude: The Oil Game
Year
1974
Rank
2037
Min players
2
Max players
4
Playing time
90
Min playtime
90
Max playtime
90
Avg weight
2.7333
Num weights
105
Bayes avg
5.89096
Average
6.68444
Users rated
1157
Num owned
2020
Wanting
78
Wishing
328
Num comments
442
Fetched at
Sat Apr 25 2026 16:17:55 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (11)
Commodity SpeculationDice RollingEnd Game BonusesEventsIncomeMarketRandom ProductionSimulationSquare GridTile PlacementVictory Points as a Resource
Categories (2)
EconomicIndustry / Manufacturing
Description (1584 chars)

In Crude: The Oil Game, players take on the role of oil company CEOs, seeking to expand their companies into multi-national energy mega-corporations. Just as with real world energy companies, player will setup facilities for oil drilling, oil pumping, oil refining into gasoline, and gasoline selling to the consumer... all of which are represented by actual plastic pieces placed on the board! Players also speculate by buying and selling oil and gasoline barrels in both the domestic and foreign markets... again represented by actual plastic barrels in their playing area! However, the changing economic climate, as well as sudden world news events, will challenge players to keep a long-term strategic view of the world energy markets. The first player to reach a corporation value of $750 million is the winner! Crude: The Oil Game is not only a great simulation of the global oil markets, but with almost 300 plastic playing pieces, it is a sight to behold! Known as McMulti when it was printed in Europe almost 25 years ago, this great game is finally back in print after many years! Brought back into print in 2012 by Stronghold Games, Crude: The Oil Game has been a highly sought-after ("Grail") game. This is an early Euro-style game – before Euro-style existed! – which accurately simulates the market forces and elements of the oil and gasoline markets at all levels of production, including oil drilling, oil pumping, oil and gasoline buying and selling in the domestic and foreign markets, oil refining, and finally gasoline selling to the consumer.

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