An inspiring tactical game regarding the world's first oil rush from Bernhard Weber

1901: Welcome to Spindletop Hill, birthplace of the modern oil industry. The first sources of oil already have been found and all adventures head for Texas to find their fortune. However, the sources are limited. Who will find the right places to set up their oil rigs and produce the most oil?

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Contents:
1 double-sided game board
20 oil rigs in 4 colours
4 trucks in 4 colours
60 black tiles (oil stock)
3 barrels
5 trains
2 dice 6-sieded
1 game manual
 

by Judith Walker Linsley, Ellen Walker Rienstra, & Jo Ann Stiles

How did a profligate who killed a deputy sheriff before reforming, a mining engineer who went AWOL from the Austrian navy, and three East Texas drillers join forces with other equally colorful characters to drill on Spindletop Hill? The answers are all here the challenge and frustration of the search, the excitement of the discovery, the euphoric chaos of the boom, and the genesis of the giant companies.

In this scholarly work firmly rooted in the narrative tradition, and using material collected over decades, the authors bring to life the efforts of Pattillo Higgins, Anthony Lucas, Al and Curt Hamill, and Peck Byrd to master the Spindletop salt dome efforts that culminated in the discovery of the great Lucas Gusher. Their find subsequently transformed not only the state of Texas but the entire oil industry.

304 pp. 2002
 

T-Shirt white, 100 % cotton, with imprint Schwarzes Gold in front
 

Sour Lake is a small expansion for the game