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Liquid Assets

Published 9 June 2011 | Black Gold

Liquid Assets

Black Gold, the game of drilling and discovery, is now on sale

Liquid gold, blacker than midnight under a skillet, awaits you and your fellow prospectors in the arid desert of West Texas. The year is 1922, and with the Texas Oil industry booming, it’s time to stake your claim. Grab a shovel and put the “filthy” in filthy rich!

Black Gold, the game of drilling and discovery for 2-5 prospectors, is now on sale at your local retailer and on our webstore! Join the race for wealth on the Permian Basin by claiming the best wells, bidding wisely against your neighbors, and selling your oil at the highest price. Find and take advantage of profitable gushers because when the game ends the player with the most money is the winner.

A wallet full of Texas Tea

Originally published as the German Giganten, Black Gold was revised by Fantasy Flight Games and designer Wilko Manz to include streamlined rules, a modular board, and lively and colorful components.

Players secure their wealth by exploring the terrain featured on the modular board for oil wells, surveying and building derricks. Once oil has been drilled, players transport their oil to one of three oil companies and attempt to win the right to sell at auction.

Black Gold has a unique game component that measures the length of gameplay: the Oil Baron’s train, representing the greedy East Oil companies, moves every turn, and once it makes it to the end of the dusty train tracks the game ends.

The landscape of the Texas Oil business can be fickle and lonely as it is arid. Strategize against your competitors before they upset your play through special actions, bluff during auctions, or worse! Easy to learn, and with an abundance of gameplay choices including optional rules, Black Gold is a satisfying and exciting contest of strategy and exploration.

Are you a savvy enough prospector to make your fortune? Find out when you pick up a copy of Black Gold from your local retailer today!

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The Rules for Black Gold are Online

Published 10 May 2011 | Black Gold

The Rules for Black Gold are Online

Download the rules, then place your pre-order with your friendly local game store

The Permian Basin, your new home, is reputed to have profitable gushers for any prospector bold enough to stake his claim. But where should you drill, and how can you outbid the competition?

Black Gold is the upcoming board game of drilling and discovery for 2-5 prospectors. Claim the best wells, bid wisely against your neighbors, and sell your oil at the highest price to beat the competition and finish the game with the most money.

Don’t delay in learning about the oil business; you have a chance at a big’o bag of money in West Texas. The Black Gold rules (pdf, 3 MB) are now available for download on the support page.

Can you secure the future of your burgeoning oil company? Find out when Black Gold is released in the second quarter of 2011, and pre-order your copy at your local retailer today!

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Stake Your Claim

Published 21 February 2011 | Black Gold

Stake Your Claim

Announcing Black Gold, a board game of drilling and discovery

The earth shakes below you, but you pay it no mind. They have been drilling all day on your orders. You want to find it today, come hell or high water. You look down at the plans you’ve agreed on with your workers. Suddenly, a hissing sound fills the air. You look up in time to see mud erupting from the hole, shooting 100 feet into the air. It’s quickly followed by dark roaring liquid. It rains down, soaking you from your hat to your well-worn boots. A worker runs toward you, his mouth moving but you can’t hear him.

“What?” you scream. The sound is deafening. “Oil,” he yells back. Could it be...are you rich?

Fantasy Flight Games is pleased to announce the upcoming release of Black Gold, a board game of drilling and discovery! Originally published in Germany as Giganten, Black Gold thrusts players into the competitive world of the Texas Oil business.

Designer Wilko Manz worked closely with Fantasy Flight Games to revise his original version of Giganten, resulting in streamlined rules, a modular board, the ability to play with five players, and cool plastic derricks that clearly display your Black Gold discoveries.

Them’s Fightin’ Words

As an eager prospector, you are vying against your neighbors to become the wealthiest, before a ruthless Oil Baron arrives, representing the greedy East Texas oil companies stealing your potential land.

The Oil Baron counts down the rounds with each movement of his black train, until he reaches the last track and ends the game. Do you feel the pressure? Will the tension cause you to lie during an oil auction? Will you be caught? Or will it spur you on to find a gusher that sells at top market price, making a fortune?

Gain more wealth than your fellow competitors by quickly exploring the terrain for oil wells, surveying the land, and building derricks. You'll make money if you can transport your oil to a company and win the right to sell it at auction.

Head over to our Black Gold website to learn more, and join the race!

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