2024Dani Garcia
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1 - 4 players120 minHeavy weight

2026Marco Piola Caselli
Mainly reviews. Oil Rock is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 2 reviews, 1 how-to-play guides, 1 recorded sessions, and 1 other video.
From BoardGameGeek
Take control of an expanding oil company; step into the shoes of a determined leader set on dominating the market, optimizing every phase of the refining chain, and building your reputation to enhance your abilities. Carefully consider every action you take: position yourself strategically on the action wheel to activate the most effective moves at the right time. Expand your influence on the map, positioning yourself in key areas to gain exclusive advantages and new development opportunities. Meanwhile, build new drilling rigs, develop increasingly efficient turbines, and enhance your refineries to increase production efficiency. Every action you take contributes to your company's growth, transforming your choices into concrete advantages turn after turn. -description from the publisher Oil Rock is a worker-placement game in which you'll play as a Character, represented by your Notebook, which you can flip through as you advance along the Progress Track, thereby unlocking increasingly powerful versions of it. A game of Oil Rock lasts 4 Rounds. Each round is divided into 6 Phases, to be carried out in this order: Income: Each player receives the amount shown on the blue band of their Character Sheet, which is currently visible in their Notebook. Actions Following the turn order, each player places one of their Workers (Secretaries or Executives) on a space on the Wheel and immediately performs the indicated Action. Oil Extraction In this phase, each player receives Barrels equal to the depth reached by their corresponding well. Each player's personal board shows three production wells: one for each type of oil in the game. Oil Refining Each player can use their available Barrels to activate all or some of the Refineries they have built. This process can earn the player resources, Patents, Progress, and Victory Points. Goals Each player receives Victory Points as indicated by the Milestone shown at the top of the central board. End of Round Workers are removed from the Wheel, which then moves forward one space; the Improvement card display is reset; and the Turn Order is updated in reverse order based on the current positions on the Progress Track.
Oil Rock has 5 videos from 5 creators: 2 reviews, 1 how-to-play guide, 1 playthrough and 1 other video. They date from September to October 2026.
To learn the rules, start with "Oil Rock - How to Play. Clear, Concise, Complete Board Game Tutorial" by Meeple University, which runs 22 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Oil Rock Board Game Review - Does It Strike Oil?" by Game Boy Geek. To see it played, watch "Oil Rock - Tutorial & Playthrough" by Gaming Rules!.
If you like it, try Daitoshi, Transmissions, Sabika or Teotihuacan: City of Gods – Deluxe Master Set, which share several of its mechanics. It appears in convention videos from Spiel Essen 2026.
2024Dani Garcia
1 - 4 players120 minHeavy weight
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1 - 4 players45 - 60 minMedium weight
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1 - 4 players60 - 120 minHeavy weight
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1 - 4 players90 - 120 minHeavy weight
From BoardGameGeek:
Take control of an expanding oil company; step into the shoes of a determined leader set on dominating the market, optimizing every phase of the refining chain, and building your reputation to enhance your abilities. Carefully consider every action you take: position yourself strategically on the action wheel to activate the most effective moves at the right time. Expand your influence on the map, positioning yourself in key areas to gain exclusive advantages and new development opportunities. Meanwhile, build new drilling rigs, develop increasingly efficient turbines, and enhance your refineries to increase production efficiency. Every action you take contributes to your company's growth, transforming your choices into concrete advantages turn after turn. -description from the publisher Oil Rock is a worker-placement game in which you'll play as a Character, represented by your Notebook, which you can flip through as you advance along the Progress Track, thereby unlocking increasingly powerful versions of it. A game of Oil Rock lasts 4 Rounds. Each round is divided into 6 Phases, to be carried out in this order: Income: Each player receives the amount shown on the blue band of their Character Sheet, which is currently visible in their Notebook. Actions Following the turn order, each player places one of their Workers (Secretaries or Executives) on a space on the Wheel and immediately performs the indicated Action. Oil Extraction In this phase, each player receives Barrels equal to the depth reached by their corresponding well. Each player's personal board shows three production wells: one for each type of oil in the game. Oil Refining Each player can use their available Barrels to activate all or some of the Refineries they have built. This process can earn the player resources, Patents, Progress, and Victory Points. Goals Each player receives Victory Points as indicated by the Milestone shown at the top of the central board. End of Round Workers are removed from the Wheel, which then moves forward one space; the Improvement card display is reset; and the Turn Order is updated in reverse order based on the current positions on the Progress Track.
Designer
Marco Piola Caselli
Artists
Giovanni Calore, Klemens Franz
Publisher
Cranio Creations
Categories
Mechanics