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Players take on the role of dwarves. As miners, they are in a mine, hunting for gold. Suddenly, a pick axe swings down and shatters the mine lamp. The saboteur has struck. But which of the players are saboteurs? Will you find the gold, or will the fiendish actions of the saboteurs lead them to it first? After three rounds, the player with the most gold is the winner.

With the help of Dwarf Cards, the players are assigned their role: either miner or saboteur. The roles are kept secret- they are only revealed at the end of the game.

The Start Card and the three Goal Cards are placed onto the table, each seven card widths apart from each other. The Goal Cards are placed face-down. The gold is on one of the Goal Cards, but nobody knows which.

Players have cards in hand. On a player's turn, he must do one of three things: place a Path Card into the mine, play an Action Card in front of a player, or pass.

The Path Cards form paths leading to the Goal Cards. Path Cards must be played next to a already-played Path Card. All paths on the Path Card must match those on the already-played cards, and Path Cards may not be played sideways.

The miners are trying to build an uninterrupted path from the Start Card to a Goal Card, while the saboteurs are trying to prevent this. They shouldn't try and be too obvious about it, however, lest they be immediately discovered.

Action Cards can be placed in front of any player, including oneself. Action Cards let the players help or hinder one another, as well as obtain information about the Goal Cards.

Once a player places a Path Card that reaches the gold, the round is over. The miners have won and receive cards with gold pieces as their reward.

The round is also over if the gold could not be reached. In that case, the saboteurs have won and receive the gold pieces.

Once the Gold Cards have been distributed, the next round begins. The game is over at the end of the third round, with the player with the most gold pieces being the winner.

Genres

Hand Management   Hidden Roles   Map Addition   Network and Route Building   Take That   Traitor Game  

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Release Date	2004
Players	3-10
Playing time	30 minutes
Age	8+
Alternate names	Aranyásók Sabotażysta Saboter Sabotér Saboteur Saboteur (خرابکار) Σαμποτέρ Гномы-вредители Саботер סבאטור المخرب お邪魔者 矮人掘金 矮人礦坑 사보타지
Honors and prizes	2004 Japan Boardgame Prize Best Foreign Game for Beginners Nominee
Publishers	AMIGO 999 Games Albi Asmodee Boardgame Space Brain Games Bureau de Juegos Buró Corfix Dal Negro Dr. Wood Challenge Centre Fractal Juegos G3 Gigamic Giochi Uniti HaKubia Igroljub Kaissa Chess & Games Kikigagne? Korea Boardgames Land of Beautiful Mind (سرزمین ذهن زیبا) Lautapelit.fi Lifestyle Boardgames Ltd Mayfair Games Meeples Cafe Mercurio Möbius Games PaperGames (III) Paradigm Infinitum Pte Ltd Piatnik Rebel Sp. z o.o. Sun Team Day Hobby Company Swan Panasia Co., Ltd. VR Distribution Z-Man Games Взрослые дети Ігромаг