Gold Am Yukon
Amigo Spiel
Rules Translation by Chris Mellor
Typed and Edited by Mike Siggins
Distributed from The Rules Bank by Mike Siggins
Version 1.0 - 8th June 1996

Introduction

The object of the game is to mark out claims with ones golddiggers 
and to find the most nuggets.

Preparation

Each player chooses a colour and takes all 12 stones in this colour. 
Each stone represents one golddigger. To begin, the youngest player 
puts one of his stones on a free start space (s). The other players 
follow in clockwise order.

Game Play

At the start each player has 11 stones off board and one on a start 
space. All golddiggers must first be brought onto the board by dice 
throws. One golddigger is placed for each spot. However, they must 
stand adjacently so that no gaps arise. Each player throws in turn 
and moves him team onto the board.

How Does A Team Move Forwards?

When all 12 stones are on the board. Each die spot rolled on the dice 
allows one stone to be moved. Each throw of one (1) permits a 
further throw, the die spots on the second die added to the one.

For each spot a golddigger is moved from one end of his team to the 
other. This direction of motion must be maintained throughout the 
turn. The team must always form a single, connected chain. No gaps 
may appear in any team.

In each turn the player must decide in which direction his team will 
move.

Changing Direction

A team may only move in one direction and the other if during the 
turn it encounters an opposing team. If, during the turn, the next 
space is occupied by an opposing stone then the rest of the turn's die 
spots must be used in the opposite/reverse direction.


How Does One Stake A Claim?

A claim is marked out when all available golddiggers in a team 
surround it. The last member of the team is left behind to guard the 
claim. This action costs one die-spot and the golddigger remains on 
the claim until the end of the game. If not all the die spots are used 
up, then the remainder are lost. Only one stone can be placed on each 
claim. The value given to each claim is the number of nuggets found 
there.

For the first claim all 12 golddiggers must stand in a complete, closed 
circle.

For subsequent claims it is sufficient for all golddiggers in a team to 
stand in one circle -surrounding the claim entirely is not necessary.

The golddigger teams become fewer in number by finding nuggets.

The player who first marks the claim for 6 nuggets then takes no 
further turns in the game. The rest of his golddiggers are all placed 
to guard his existing claims.

Game End

The game ends when all claims have been marked or when only one 
player still has golddiggers left to move.

The Winner

The winner is whoever has the greatest number of nuggets marked 
out in his claims.