#51: Industrial Waste (Mark's 100 - 2012)

Industrial Waste

Mark's Ranking

• 2012: 51st
• 2010: 47th
• 2005: 35th
• appeared on all three lists

BoardGameGeek

• rank: 642
• rating: 6.79

Print Status

• OOP

Why It's On The List

• Though overshadowed by the appearance of the 900 lb gorilla of Euro gaming (Puerto Rico), Industrial Waste was and is a very good game of trading off speed & income generation for knocking the rough edges off your production system - particularly in how you deal with (wait for it) industrial waste.

Tips & Tricks:

• Don't forget that it takes an advisor (2x) card to pay off a loan.
• Loans are not bad - and if you're going to take one, don't wait until you are circling the drain to do so... it will just speed up your demise.

Extras

• While some folks have come up with 2 player variants, I wouldn't recommend them - this is much better with 3 or 4 players.
• Industrial Waste is living evidence of great game development - because (by contract), Hans im Gluck was required to publish the "designer's variant" rules (actually the original rules to the game).
• Here's what I wrote about Industrial Waste for The One Hundred.