Furnace

Furnace is a standalone engine-building board game that uses sharp auctions to turn 19th-century industry into pure profit.

You play as a capitalist building an industrial corporation by acquiring companies, extracting resources, and processing them into better goods and money. Each round starts with an auction where every bid matters—winning gets you the company, but losing bids earn compensation that can be just as powerful when timed well. Then you run your engine in the production phase, chaining company effects to generate resources, convert them efficiently, and upgrade your portfolio for stronger outputs. With just four rounds, Furnace stays brisk while still rewarding planning, clever valuation, and opportunistic pivots. Available now at Boarding School Games—Bid smart and build big.

Key features

* Standalone engine-building and auction board game
* 2–4 players, 30–60 minutes, ages 14+
* Four-round structure with Auction and Production phases
* Includes 36 double-sided Company cards, 5 Start-up cards, and 5 Capitalist cards
* Resource-and-upgrade driven optimization with money as the win condition