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00:00 Overview of Drillers
05:03 Playthrough of a few rounds
23:24 Final Scoring
In Drillers, you’ll explore an abandoned mine using mechs, trying to find and excavate anything useful or valuable. The game includes the mech minis—they’re highly detailed and look even better when they are painted. 🚋
This deck-builder has a twist: a unique card-stand system, keeping the top card visible. You always know what’s coming, allowing you to perfect your strategy without relying on luck of draw.
The game is played in a series of turns. Each turn consists of 3 phases.
💎 Operations: Pay fuel to play cards or gain fuel by discarding cards. Thanks to that you explore and extend the mine, and excavate minerals.
💎 Surfacing: Return to the top to sell minerals, buy better cards to the top of your deck, and refuel.
💎 Upkeep: Save any cards you haven't used, and draw three more cards for the next turn.
⚠️ But watch out—the mine is unstable. When a player’s dashboard fills, you have one final turn to grab the last minerals and head up to the surface. The player with the most points wins. Will you be the first to extend the horizons and uncover what the depths hide?
Some reviews. Drillers is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 23 reviews, 8 how-to-play guides, 9 recorded sessions, 10 unboxings, and 10 other videos.
1 - 4 players
30 - 120 min
Medium weight: Teach it in one sitting
About Drillers, from BoardGameGeek:
In Drillers, players explore an abandoned mine using their mechs, trying to find and excavate anything useful or valuable left behind by a forgotten mining corporation. Each level of the mine brings new opportunities and new challenges-as fuel runs low and decisions become tighter. By collecting cards, players improve the drilling capabilities of their unique mech, unlock new actions, and push their operation further underground.
Mined minerals can be sold for profit also by use of drones, allowing players to refine their strategy and invest in better tools. Every decision affects everyone, often creating new opportunities for players.
Drillers is a game about planning ahead, tough decision-making, and knowing just how far you can afford to drill. Will you be the first to extend the horizons and uncover what the depths hide?
-description from the publisher
Designers
Roman Bednář, Adam Španěl
Artists
Ondřej Hrdina, Jiří Kůs, Jiří Mikovec, Jakub Politzer