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Game Night Pick
Irish Gauge
Designed by Amabel Holland
Published by Capstone Games, Winsome Games
Casual Flow: 15 Min Teach
Players
3-5
Play Time
60 min
Complexity
2.3 / 5
Rating
7.2
Year
2014
Community Snapshot
Best with 4
Medium-Light complexity
~60 min
7.2 on BGG (3.9K)
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How It Plays
Auction / Bidding
Players bid against each other for cards, tiles, or resources — knowing when to go big and when to fold is the key.
Hexagon Grid
The board uses hexagons instead of squares — this gives you more directions to move and think about.
Income
You earn resources automatically each round based on what you've built up — the snowball effect is real.
Investment
You put resources into ventures that pay off later — patience and timing can lead to huge returns.
Network and Route Building
You connect locations to form networks — the bigger and smarter your network, the more points you earn.
Random Production
Resources or effects are generated randomly each round — you never know exactly what you'll get to work with.
Stock Holding
You invest in companies or assets that change in value — buy low, sell high, and watch your portfolio grow!
About This Game
Irish Gauge — one of three titles in Winsome Games 2014 Essen Set — is played on a map of Ireland and is similar in style to many of the stock-based, cube-rail games released by Winsome Games since 2007. On each player's turn, they can either place a share of one of five companies up for auction, build track (represented by cubes) in one of these five companies, upgrade a town to a city, or call for dividends. The dividends are paid out to shareholders of certain railroads based on how many cities/towns they connect to and how many shares of this company have been issued.…
Source: BoardGameGeek
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