A limestone body hides under a county grid and only drilling reveals where. You have $12M and one rival land shark buying a parcel every turn. Assemble the biggest contiguous block of rock before the money or the land runs out.
CASH $12.0MMY TONS 0.0MtPERMIT BLOCK 0 PARCELS
Your move. Drill to see tonnage, or buy blind and pray.
Rules: parcels show asking price. Drilling ($150k) reveals tonnage on any unowned parcel — for you only. Each turn you take one action, then the rival buys one parcel (it watches where you drill and buy). Contiguous parcels you own form your permit block. Game ends when you can't act or the county sells out. Score = tons inside your largest contiguous block. 12Mt+ is operator grade. 18Mt+ is shark grade.