https://www.booyakajuice.com/collections/all.atom booyakajuice 2023-11-28T23:10:42-05:00 booyakajuice https://www.booyakajuice.com/products/7001558155315 2023-11-28T23:10:42-05:00 2023-11-28T23:10:42-05:00 Bier Pioniere (German Import) Board Games Spielefaible

Vendor: Spielefaible
Type: Board Games
Price: 139.95

Designer Thomas Spitzer
Publisher Spielefaible
Players 2-4
Playtime 75-100 mins
Suggested Age 12 and up

Note: This game is in German. For a preview, English rule can be found here.

The history of beer brewing dates back to ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, and over the centuries, various cultures and regions have developed their own unique beers, and especially Germany is considered a "beer country".

In the game Beer Pioneers, set at the beginning of industrialization around 1850, 2 to 4 players develop their own small home brewery into a large-scale brewery as brewmasters. In each turn, they take an action by deploying one of their workers or their truck to brew an increasing variety of beers, improving the brewing process with new advancements like refrigeration machines or beer filters, or increasing the efficiency of their workers, to name but a few. Action cards also play an important role, and with beer deliveries and other actions, they can earn victory points. Actions take place on the game board and their own player tableau, the player order is important and influenced by the players, bonus workers enable additional actions but must first be earned by placing the right worker on the right action space.

Beer Pioneers extends over an indefinite number of rounds. Once a player reaches 20 victory points, this is the final round, and the brewmaster with the most victory points is the winner of the game.

-description from the publisher

]]> Age_12+ Arrival-Dec 3 2023 Arrival-Jan 28 2024 Arrival-Mar 29 2024 Arrival-New-Nov-27-Dec-3-2023 Availability_Out of Stock BGG-Set INV-0-L INV-B Players Maximum_4 Players Players Minimum_2 Players Playtime Maximum_120 Minutes Playtime Minimum_60 Minutes Product Type_Board Games Product-International Restock-20231210 Restock-20240303 Restock-20240616 Source_Import Games https://www.booyakajuice.com/products/7001558155315 Default Title 139.95 SPF32058 7888 https://www.booyakajuice.com/products/6824476475443 2022-09-23T11:15:04-04:00 2022-09-23T11:15:04-04:00 Kohle & Kolonie (2nd Edition) (Import) Board Games Spielefaible

Vendor: Spielefaible
Type: Board Games
Price: 186.95

Designer Thomas Spitzer
Publisher Spielefaible
Players 3-5
Playtime 150-180 mins
Suggested Age 12 and up
Honor 2014 Jogo do Ano Nominee

Note: This game includes English and German.

In Kohle & Kolonie, which is set in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the players run small coal mines in the German Ruhr area (Essen, Hattingen, Bochum, Witten) during the age of industrialization. They need to modernize these mines so that when these smaller mines are merged into larger ones, they can be prepared to take control of the auction and therefore the larger mine. Additionally, players have to ensure the availability of workers for their mines, while also constructing and caring for a railway system that comprises infrastructure in the mines. Finally, if players don't invest money or workers in their mines in order to secure them, they increase their chance of suffering a mining accident, which will lead to negative fallout when it comes time to bid for consolidated mines. Whoever best manages these tasks wins.

]]> 2023-LD 2023-LD-15 Age_9+ Arrival-Aug 13 2023 Arrival-Aug 20 2023 Arrival-Aug 26 2023 Arrival-Dec 10 2022 Arrival-Dec 25 2022 Arrival-Jan 13 2023 Arrival-Mar 26 2023 Arrival-May 27 2023 Arrival-New-Dec-5-11-2022 Arrival-Oct 7 2023 Availability_Out of Stock BD-2023 BD-2023-40 BF-2023 BF-2023-25 BGG-Set Category_Strategy Google-True INV-0-L INV-K Players Maximum_5 Players Players Minimum_3 Players Playtime Maximum_120+ Minutes Playtime Minimum_120+ Minutes Product Type_Board Games Product-International Restock-20240107 Source_Import Games Stocky-Clearance Year Published_2010s https://www.booyakajuice.com/products/6824476475443 Default Title 186.95 SPF32040 5933 https://www.booyakajuice.com/products/6611140378675 2021-10-07T22:07:51-04:00 2021-10-07T22:07:51-04:00 Schichtwechsel: Die Förderung liegt in deiner Hand (German Import) Board Games Spielefaible

Vendor: Spielefaible
Type: Board Games
Price: 109.95

Designer Thomas Spitzer
Publisher Spielefaible
Players 2-4
Playtime 60-90 mins
Suggested Age 12 and up

Note: This game is in German. For a preview, English rule can be found here.

Over the past centuries, the Ruhr region in Germany has been shaped and dominated by coal mining. At the end of 2018, the last coal mine in Bottrop closed its doors, bringing to an end an era in the Ruhr region that is second to none.

The game Schichtwechsel takes up this theme and shows simplified typical areas around the coal mining in the Ruhr area of the 1950s. As a player and administrator of a coal mine, you experience an exciting competition and live through a piece of Ruhr Valley history. You bring coal and overburden from underground to the surface, let your miner go through a "shift at the colliery", produce coke, or build the typical colliery settlements.

A game of Schichtwechsel takes place over five rounds, and each round consists of three phases: The preparation phase in which, among other things, the amount of mined coal is determined; the action phase in which players use their action pieces wisely in turn; and a small end-of-round evaluation. After the fifth round is a final scoring. Schichtwechsel offers you many possibilities to get the best out of your coal mine in order to score as many victory points as possible at the end.

This game is the revised and improved version of the game Die lettze Zeche, which was created between June 2017 and March 2018 as a contribution of the games group Fair-Spielt of the Spielezentrum Herne to the funding project "GLÜCK AUF JUGEND". The RAG Foundation's sponsorship project honors the achievements of coal mining on the occasion of the coal phase-out and the closure of the last mines at the end of 2018.

—description from the publisher

]]> Age_9+ Arrival-May 4 2022 Arrival-New-May-1-8-2022 Availability_Out of Stock BGG-Set ESSEN-2021 Google-True INV-M-Z INV-S Players Maximum_4 Players Players Minimum_2 Players Playtime Maximum_90 Minutes Playtime Minimum_60 Minutes Product Type_Board Games Product-International Restock-20220221 Restock-20231225 Restock-20240526-Long Source_Import Games Year Published_2020s https://www.booyakajuice.com/products/6611140378675 Default Title 109.95 39560818982963 1179 https://www.booyakajuice.com/products/65499070490 2017-09-02T09:37:07-04:00 2017-09-02T09:37:07-04:00 Haspelknecht: The Ruhr Valley (Quined Game Edition) Board Games Quined Games

Vendor: Quined Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 32.95

Designer Thomas Spitzer
Publisher Quined Games
Players 2-4
Playtime 90-120 mins
Suggested Age 12 and up

In Haspelknecht: The Ruhr Valley, an expansion for Haspelknecht, coal mining has now become an inherent and lucrative business for farmers in the Ruhr valley. The tunnels are dug deeper and longer through the use of iron. Water channels are implemented to help drain the pit water. Most of the population earns their living exclusively by mining coal and delivering the black gold to peddlers and the first coal barges cruising the river, which gives its name to the valley and the entire area — the Ruhr.

This expansion features two new challenging modules and 21 new development tiles for you to explore!

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Vendor: Capstone Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 5.95

Designer Thomas Spitzer
Publisher Capstone Games
Players 2-4
Playtime 60-90 mins
Suggested Age 12 and up
Expansion For Haspelknecht

Promotional tile offered by "Man vs Meeple Season One Kickstarter".

In the game Haspelknecht, when the players acquire the Foreman, they are able to spend 1 victory point in order to activate one of their contract workers.

]]> Age_9+ Availability_Out of Stock BGG-Set Google-True INV-0-L INV-H Players Maximum_4 Players Players Minimum_2 Players Playtime Maximum_90 Minutes Playtime Minimum_60 Minutes Product Type_Board Games Product-International Restock-20230112_Full_Restock Restock-20240526-Long Year Published_2010s https://www.booyakajuice.com/products/10238213389 Default Title 5.95 CTGCOALP01 225 https://www.booyakajuice.com/products/10214564429 2017-05-31T22:56:14-04:00 2017-05-31T22:56:14-04:00 The Ruhr: A Story of Coal Trade Board Games Capstone Games

Vendor: Capstone Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 19.95

Designer Thomas Spitzer
Publisher Capstone Games
Players 2-4
Playtime 90-120 mins
Suggested Age 12 and up

In The Ruhr: A Story of Coal Trade, the second game of Thomas Spitzer's historic coal trilogy, you are transported to the Ruhr region in the 18th century, at the beginning of the industrial revolution. Coal, after being discovered in Haspelknecht, is in high demand as cities and factories throughout the region are in need of this coveted resource. The Ruhr river presented a convenient route of transportation from the coal mines. However, the Ruhr was filled with obstacles and large dams, making it incredibly difficult to navigate. Trade coal for valuable upgrades and plan your route to victory along the Ruhr!

In more detail, the players transport and sell coal to cities and factories along the Ruhr river in the 18th and 19th centuries. By selling coal to cities and factories, players acquire unique progress markers. In the beginning, players have access only to low value coal. By selling coal to certain locations, players gain access to high value coal. In addition to selling coal, the players build warehouses, build locks, and export coal to neighboring countries in the pursuit of the most victory points.

This game, an updated version of Ruhrschifffahrt 1769-1890, includes the standalone expansion The Ohio: 1811-1861. In this game, players transport and trade goods along the Ohio River during a time when Ohio was granted statehood and became heavily populated as its industries flourished. The Ohio is played in a manner similar to The Ruhr, but with new and additional elements.

]]> 2024-Sale 2024-Sale-Special Age_9+ Arrival-Apr 27 2023 Arrival-Feb 7 2024 Arrival-Jan 24 2024 Arrival-Jul 16 2022 Arrival-Jul 21 2022 Arrival-Jul 7 2022 Arrival-May 21 2023 Arrival-Oct 7 2023 Arrival-Sept 2 2023 Arrival_Aug 13 2024 Arrival_Aug 18 2024 Arrival_Aug 22 2024 Arrival_Aug 25 2024 Arrival_Aug 3 2024 Arrival_Aug 30 2024 Arrival_Sept 8 2024 Availability_In Stock BGG-Set Category_Strategy Discount_On Sale Google-True INV-M-Z INV-R INV-T Non-TCG Players Maximum_4 Players Players Minimum_2 Players Playtime Maximum_120 Minutes Playtime Minimum_120 Minutes Product Type_Board Games Product-International Restock-20220125-Lion Restock-20220703 Restock-20220712 Restock-20220717 Restock-20230402 Restock-20230507 Restock-20240110 Restock-20240128 Stock_Updates Stocky-Clearance Year Published_2010s https://www.booyakajuice.com/products/10214564429 Default Title 19.95 CTGCOAL03 1764 https://www.booyakajuice.com/products/8836236237 2017-01-15T21:24:00-05:00 2017-01-15T21:24:00-05:00 Haspelknecht: The Ruhr Valley Board Games Capstone Games

Vendor: Capstone Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 30.95

Designer Thomas Spitzer
Publisher Capstone Games
Players 2-4
Playtime 90-120 mins
Suggested Age 12 and up
Expansion For Haspelknecht

In Haspelknecht: The Ruhr Valley, an expansion for Haspelknecht, coal mining has now become an inherent and lucrative business for farmers in the Ruhr valley. The tunnels are dug deeper and longer through the use of iron. Water channels are implemented to help drain the pit water. Most of the population earns their living exclusively by mining coal and delivering the black gold to peddlers and the first coal barges cruising the river, which gives its name to the valley and the entire area — the Ruhr.

This expansion features two new challenging modules and 21 new development tiles for you to explore!

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Vendor: Capstone Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 48.95

Designer Thomas Spitzer
Publisher Capstone Games
Players 2-4
Playtime 60-90 mins
Suggested Age 12 and up
Honors 2016 Gouden Ludo Nominee
Expansion Haspelknecht: The Foreman Promo Tile
 Haspelknecht: The Ruhr Valley

In Haspelknecht, the third title in Thomas Spitzer's coal trilogy of games, the players take upon the role of farmers with opportunities to exploit the presence of coal in their lands in the southern part of the Ruhr region of Germany.

The game is set during the time when the lands were mostly flocked with forests and roads were rare. Coal was found here, nearly at the surface. During the game, the players obtain knowledge about this material, extend the farm, and dig deeper in the ground to get more coal. The game has many ways that lead to victory.

Haspelknecht has an innovative action selection mechanism. The player has to pick the right tasks, and he has also to take care of the ground water which will spoil opportunities to get coal.


The game offers a lot of variation and replayability as the knowledge tiles offer countless possible set-ups.

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Vendor: Quined Games
Type: Board Games
Price: 69.95

Designer Thomas Spitzer
Publisher Quined Games
Players 2-4
Playtime 60-90 mins
Suggested Age 12 and up
Honors 2016 Gouden Ludo Nominee

In Haspelknecht, the third title in Thomas Spitzer's coal trilogy of games, the players take upon the role of farmers with opportunities to exploit the presence of coal in their lands in the southern part of the Ruhr region of Germany.

The game is set during the time when the lands were mostly flocked with forests and roads were rare. Coal was found here, nearly at the surface. During the game, the players obtain knowledge about this material, extend the farm, and dig deeper in the ground to get more coal. The game has many ways that lead to victory.

Haspelknecht has an innovative action selection mechanism. The player has to pick the right tasks, and he has also to take care of the ground water which will spoil opportunities to get coal.


The game offers a lot of variation and replayability as the knowledge tiles offer countless possible set-ups.

]]> Age_9+ Arrival-Jun 2 2022 Availability_Out of Stock BGG-Set Category_Strategy Google-True INV-0-L INV-H Players Maximum_4 Players Players Minimum_2 Players Playtime Maximum_90 Minutes Playtime Minimum_60 Minutes Product Type_Board Games Product-International Restock-20220626 Restock-20230112_Full_Restock Restock-20240526-Long Source_Import Games Year Published_2010s https://www.booyakajuice.com/products/2376816449 Default Title 69.95 7918213249 2644 https://www.booyakajuice.com/products/169084622 2013-10-29T22:47:34-04:00 2013-10-29T22:47:34-04:00 Ruhrschifffahrt 1769-1890 Board Games Spielworxx

Vendor: Spielworxx
Type: Board Games
Price: 69.95

Designer Thomas Spitzer
Publisher Spielworxx
Players 2-4
Playtime 120 mins
Suggested Age 12 and up

Until the second half of the 18th century, most people thought that larger barges could not navigate the Ruhr River. However, the convenient route meant that attempts were conducted to transport the coveted coal resource along the river at the beginning of the industrial revolution. The first coal barges reached Kettwig in spring 1770. A little while later, barges reached the Rhine mouth at Ruhrort. The empty barges were drawn upstream by horses afterwards.

However, the Ruhr was not generally navigable in this time. Large dams at mills and low dams for fishing were common. At these spots the coal had to be transferred from one barge to the next. This decreased the quality of the coal considerably – sometimes only "coal dust" reached Ruhrort. Only the building of 14 locks between Witten and Ruhrort changed this.

The Ruhr remained an important route for coal until the end of the 19th century. At that time the railway superseded it.

In Ruhrschifffahrt 1769-1890, 2-4 players transport and sell coal along the Ruhr river in Germany as profitably as possible. Progress markers are helping them. The position of each player's Ruhr barge is most important; the player furthest upriver is allowed to conduct his action first in each phase of a game turn. ]]> Availability_Out of Stock BGG-Not-Set Category_Strategy Google-True INV-M-Z INV-R Non-TCG Product Type_Board Games Product-International Restock-20230112_Full_Restock Restock-20240526-Long https://www.booyakajuice.com/products/169084622 Default Title 69.95 101482 2644