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Steam Tunnel

Store:	Card Games, Family Games
Series:	Cheapass Hip Pocket Games
Genre:	Abstract Strategy, Connection
Format:	Card Games
Other:	Small and Portable Games

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Ages	Play Time	Players
10+	30 minutes	2 - 5

Designer(s): James Ernest

Manufacturer(s): Cheapass Games

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Product Description

In the year 2185, in the steam-driven titanium mine deep under the surface of Io,... oh, who are we kidding. Steam Tunnel is a great game with no particular basis in reality. Compete for control of tunnels in an abstract game with a perfect mix of strategy and luck.

Battle for control of tunnels in this purely abstract strategy card game by James Ernest. On a wrap-around board made of 36 cards, players flip and capture cards that show sets of tunnels. Connect high-scoring end-caps to score points. The longer your tunnel, the better. A truly engaging strategy game with a lot more involved than you think.

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Product Information

Designer(s): James Ernest
Manufacturer(s): Cheapass Games
Artist(s): James Ernest
Year: 2003
Players: 2 - 5
Time: 30 minutes
Ages: 10 and up
Weight: 54 grams
In order to play Steam Tunnel, you will have to provide 20 counters of a color for each player

Games Magazine Reviews

John McCallion

January 01, 2004

Tunnel Cards have six entry points, leading to tunnel segments (straight or curved) or dead ends. Shuffle them facedown into a 6x6 array around four faceup Scoring Cards, each showing dead ends valued two, three, or four.

Each turn, flip any free Tunnel Card faceup, and place a counter in your color on either a vacant faceup segment (anywhere) of an incomplete tunnel or on a facedown card to stop it from being flipped. Segments that reach such cards run straight through them. Play ceases when the last card is flipped. A completed tunnel between dead ends scores for the player with the most counters on its segments: Just multiply the sum of its dead ends by the number of segments. You must imagine the cards wrapped around a sphere; thus, tunnels continuing off edges can become very long! Most points wins. You'll really dig this game, along with its several variants.

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