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King Oil

#2608BGG ↗

1974 · 2-4 players · 60min · weight 1.66 · 531 ratings

v2 v3

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ID
2608
Name
King Oil
Year
1974
Rank
9938
Min players
2
Max players
4
Playing time
60
Min playtime
60
Max playtime
60
Avg weight
1.6585
Num weights
41
Bayes avg
5.58945
Average
6.09721
Users rated
531
Num owned
1112
Wanting
56
Wishing
110
Num comments
265
Fetched at
Wed Apr 29 2026 05:34:56 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (7)
Area Majority / InfluenceEventsPlayer EliminationSudden Death EndingTake ThatTradingVariable Set-up
Categories (2)
EconomicIndustry / Manufacturing
Description (983 chars)

This MB game comes with a plastic "board". Its size is dictated by the three randomizing discs embedded in its base, which are used to generate a new playing area every time (there are 1,728 (12^3) different setups possible). You buy properties, drill for oil, link properties with pipelines so as to collect royalties and try to be the richest player. Event cards complicate matters. Drilling is resolved with a little rig whose plunger is pushed up if it doesn't go through the hidden disc; if it pushes through all three, the well is dry. Deeper holes cost more, of course. Pipelines can be bought once you have 4 producing oil wells on a property; they reach across that property's boundary to another player's property, and are used to siphon royalties from him every turn. This is a clever mechanic that accelerates bankruptcy and keeps total playing time within reasonable limits. Once all players but one are pushed into bankruptcy, the remaining one is the winner.

LLM v2 (wide)

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LLM v3 (deep)

Not yet enriched at v3 (deep pass).