Imperial Miners

About this board game

Imperial Miners is a light engine-building card game for 1–5 players with a listed play time of 60 minutes. Set in the Imperial Settlers universe, it challenges players to excavate mines, build powerful synergies, and develop a personal tableau.

Each player starts at the surface and constructs their mine by playing cards downward. Whenever a new card is added, it activates itself and every card above it, creating satisfying chain reactions and opportunities for impressive combos.

The cards belong to six different factions, each offering varied possibilities for developing your mine. By mixing factions and planning the order of your cards, you can create an engine that turns successive activations into useful rewards, bonuses, and victory points.

• Build a personal mine by playing cards into a downward tableau.
• Trigger cards above a newly placed card through a clever activation system.
• Combine six factions to discover different strategies and engine-building synergies.
• Advance on three randomly selected progress boards for additional bonuses and replayability.

Progress boards add another layer of direction to every game. Three of the six available boards are chosen during setup, and each provides a different strategic focus. Advancing on them can help you develop your tableau, activate card synergies, gain victory points, and create even stronger combos.

With a wide range of cards and modular progress boards, Imperial Miners offers a fresh strategic puzzle from game to game. Straightforward rules, beautiful illustrations, and simultaneous turns make it approachable for casual players while still rewarding experienced gamers.