Coal Country

Coal Country is rife with corruption, with the many mine foremen "influencing" various aspects of the mining industry in a number of ways. As the boss of your mining company, it's your job to sit at your desk and plot where to send your most influential foremen. By successfully influencing the price of coal, permits, utilities, and construction, your company can expand and boost the profitability of its operations. Your job as boss is made all the more difficult by the ever-shifting nature of the markets, from turn to turn, round to round, and game to game. It is your responsibility to determine when and how to act in order to capitalize on a potentially beneficial marketplace. If your mine is not built wisely and safely, a share of your company's profits will be lost after the end-of-year visit from the mine inspector. The mining company that has the most money at the end of the year wins.

List of components:

• 1 boss's desk board
• 4 mining village boards
• 4 player screens
• 36 foremen tokens
• 8 earnings markers
• 4 mine entrance tiles
• 36 mineshaft tiles
• 24 building tiles
• 100 coal pieces
• 141 utility cubes
• 50 refuse cubes
• 17 market indicator cubes
• 1 draw bag for the market indicators
• 4 marker discs
• 108 money bills
• 1 rules manual