Dawson City Barbers

Dawson City Barbers
For 4-6 players with 45 minutes
Designed by Jeph Stahl
Illustrations by Greg Daigle

The Gold Rush has hit Dawson City. Thousands descend on the once barren location for the chance for fortune and glory. Gold emerges from the streams, and hair grows from the head. A fortune is available in both gold and hair. Only the most savvy barbers will earn a fortune through cutting hair, training, and panning for gold.

Gameplay
Dawson City Barbers is a light tactical game where players take the roles of barbers looking for their fortunes in the Klondike. By scheduling their time carefully, players will be able to outwit, outwork and outpan their way to victory. But they must keep a close eye on the competing barbers, as they will need to get their own hair cut by one of them.

The basic action is for a player to play a schedule card and move his markers up the corresponding tracks, advancing in training, working and panning. Each track has its own characteristics when moving a pawn. E.g. tying on the panning track moves the marker back down the river, whereas tying on the train track move the marker up in relative skill.

Once a round a player must decide on a competing barber to get his hair cut by. This way players 'bet' on which barber will have the best skill and therefore give the best haircuts. The better haircut a player has the better payout from his customers.

Components
This 2nd edition of Dawson City Barbers contains:
48 Cards (42 schedule and 6 long weekend) 2 Game boards (forming 1 playing surface) 18 Track Markers (3 pawns in each of 6 colours)6 Pawns (1 in each of 6 colours)
***due to discontinued part the brown pawn is being replaced by a 'orange pawn'***
80 Gold Markers (35 yellow 1s and 35 red 5s)