Each player takes on the role of a gold-digging dwarf or a saboteur
who wants to hinder exploration of the gold mines -- but each player
knows only his own role, so the digging may or may not go as planned!
Each turn, a player lays down a tunnel card to dig from the start
card toward one of the goal cards (or potentially away, if a saboteur)
or plays an action card to help or hinder someone. If the diggers manage
to find the gold hidden under one of the goal cards, then the diggers
share the loot found there; if the gold can't be reached, the saboteurs
profit instead. After three rounds, the player with the most gold wins.
The original Saboteur allowed 3-10 players, while Saboteur 2 handles 2-12 players. Saboteur 2
includes the base game plus additional role cards (the boss,
profiteers, geologists), new action cards (steal gold, change your
role), and new tunnel cards featuring doors, ladders and bridges. What's
more, the gold seekers can now be divided into teams -- blue vs. green
-- and only those on the team that finds the gold score anything,
assuming they do of course...
Note: This listing for Saboteur 2 is for the versions that include
base game and expansion!
