Mississippi Queen

Mississippi Queen is a German board game published by Goldsieber Spiele in 1997 that simulates a paddlewheel race down the Mississippi River in 1871. The game was also published in English by Rio Grande Games, and won several awards including the Spiel des Jahres. Description Mississippi Queen is a game for 3–5 players in which each is a paddlewheeler captain involved in a race to New Orleans. Components Five plastic steamboats with a numbered red paddlewheel (speed indicator) and a numbered black paddlewheel (coal indicator). 12 hex grid river tiles (one being a start tile) 16 passenger tokens 1 special die (straight ahead, turn left, turn right) 11 page rule booklet Setup Each player is given a paddlewheeler, which is placed on the start tile (the ship of the youngest player in space #1, then moving clockwise around the table.) The speed of all boats is set to 1 and the coal is set to 6. The initial river tile is placed in the center of the table, and the other 11 tiles are shuffled and placed face down.