Description

Card and resource management game about industrialization in XIXth century Upper Silesia. You are taking the role of one of the major Silesian aristocratic houses ( Ballestrem, Giesche, Henckel von Donnesmarck, Hochberg, Schaffgotsch). In-game you have to make 2 actions out of five: Influence, extraction, research, building,exchange. Influence is needed to build more advanced buildings. Research gives cards from the technology deck. These cards are advancement cards or event cards. In the game, you are collecting resources by drawing cards from the extraction deck. You are also expanding your house by raising buildings in different fields. These buildings are giving bonuses to area resources. They are also giving victory points needed to win the game. Exchange lets you trade resources with bank in proportions 1:3 (or 1:2 with the special building). The game ends when any player earns 27 victory points. There are optional variants: with constructing every building, or a faster variant with 21 victory points needed to end the game.