Description
Rumour has it there is a forgotten mine where an old corporation left behind plenty of valuable minerals. Drillers + Promo Card is the game Drillers with the Omnidrone promo card included. You descend into the mine with your mining robot: you drill new levels, collect silver, gold, sapphires, emeralds and rubies, and spend your earnings on better parts. The deeper you go, the more you find, but the longer the way back to the surface.
How to play Drillers
On your turn you play cards from your hand. Each card gives you movement or drilling, but its effect costs fuel. You can also play it just for fuel. By drilling you pick up minerals, dig tunnels that bring new minerals to a level, or break through a barrier to a deeper level.
If you end your turn on the surface, you sell minerals, buy new cards, repair your robot and refill your tank. The tiles you dig out fill your progress track. When someone fills it, the mine starts to collapse: everyone else takes one more turn, then you score points for tiles, minerals, milestones and money. Anyone still deep in the mine at that point loses points.
Why you will like it
- You can play every card for its effect or for fuel, so every hand is a small puzzle.
- Only you can see the top card of your deck, so you can already plan your next turn.
- By upgrading your tank, your storage and with permanent cards, your robot can do more from turn to turn.
- Every descent is a gamble: do you return to the surface now or drill just a little deeper?
Who is Drillers for
The game is for 1 to 4 players aged 12 and up and takes 30 to 120 minutes. Its difficulty is medium, and players like it best with two. Solo, you can take on the corporation's robot at four difficulty levels. The cards contain English text, so a basic knowledge of the language is needed.
What you might not like
Players don't attack each other and each one mostly looks after their own robot, so it may not suit those who like a lot of direct confrontation.
What's in the box
- mine game board and two-part shop board
- 66 cards: 14 damage cards, 12 drill cards, 12 move cards, 12 gadget cards and 16 advanced cards
- 12 level cards: 3 starting and 9 deep
- 29 tunnel tiles and 4 barrier tiles
- 105 minerals: 13 silver, 21 gold, 27 sapphires, 23 emeralds and 21 rubies
- 43 credit tokens and 4 milestone tokens
- robot insert
- for each player in their colour: robot miniature, 8 starting cards, control board, fuel and storage limit tiles, 3 markers, 3 drone tokens, shop refresh tile and card stand
- Omnidrone promo card
- rules
