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Boomtown
A settle-the-frontier board game and a free, browser-based alternative to Catan / The Settlers: roll two dice, harvest timber, brick, grain, wool and ore from the terrain, build trails, camps and towns, trade at the bank and Trading Posts, and race to the target victory points. 2–4 players + bots, no download.
Frontier
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Règles
- 2–4 players; in a snake draft you first place 2 camps + 2 trails (your 2nd camp yields its opening resources)
- On your turn ROLL two dice: every terrain hex showing that number produces its resource to each neighbouring camp (1) / town (2)
- Build a Trail (timber+brick), a Camp (timber+brick+grain+wool) or upgrade a Camp to a Town (2 grain+3 ore)
- Buy a Fortune card (grain+wool+ore): Gunslinger, 2 free trails, take any 2 resources, monopoly, or a hidden victory point
- Roll a 7 and everyone over 7 cards discards half; then move the Bandit and rob a neighbour
- Trade 4:1 at the bank, or 3:1 (generic) / 2:1 (specific) at a Trading Post you own
- Longest Trail (≥5) is worth +2 and the Largest Posse (≥3 Gunslingers) is worth +2
- First to the target victory points (Classic 10 / Quick 8) wins
- If you disconnect, a bot plays your seat until you return
How to Play
- Place your 2 opening camps on high-yield corners (more number pips = more resources)
- On your turn roll first: hexes pay out their resource to the camps/towns that touch them
- A camp collects 1, a town collects 2; the hex under the Bandit produces nothing
- First to the target victory points wins (Classic 10 / Quick 8)
Build & Trade
- Trail: timber+brick · Camp: timber+brick+grain+wool · Town: 2 grain+3 ore · Fortune card: grain+wool+ore
- A new camp must sit on your own trail with all neighbouring corners empty
- A town upgrades an existing camp and doubles its output
- Missing a resource? Trade 4:1 with the bank or 3:1 / 2:1 at a Trading Post
Bandit, Cards & Winning
- On a 7 everyone over 7 cards discards half; then you move the Bandit and rob a neighbour
- A Gunslinger card moves the Bandit + robs; play 3 to take the Largest Posse (+2)
- The longest unbroken trail (≥5) earns its owner +2 — a rival camp can cut your trail
- Hidden victory-point (Deed) cards keep the result a surprise to the very end
Online Settle-the-Frontier Game — Roll, Harvest, Build & Trade
Boomtown is a 2–4 player settle-the-frontier board game and a free, browser-based alternative to Catan: roll the dice, harvest resources from a hex island of forests, hills, fields, pastures and mountains, and build the trails, camps and towns that grow your booming frontier settlement. No download — play instantly against bots or friends.
Every roll pays the players whose camps and towns touch the producing hexes, so where you settle at the start shapes the whole game. Trade at the bank and your Trading Posts, buy Fortune cards, and race everyone to the victory-point target.
The Bandit, Trading & the Race to Victory
Roll a seven and the Bandit strikes: anyone holding more than seven cards discards half, and the roller blocks a hex and robs a neighbour — a constant push-and-pull over the board's richest tiles.
Points come from camps and towns, the Longest Trail, the Largest Posse and hidden Deed cards. Because those Deeds stay secret, the leader can flip on the very last turn — so keep building, keep trading, and keep an eye on every rival's board.
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