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Gold Rush Events

7 events

Gold Rush! goldrush.1

Gold has been discovered in …. People from all corners of the earth are converging there, confident that they will discover the next great lode and become incredibly rich.

It was a single, misplaced foot in the river. His son quick at his side, hoisting him from the water before the currents claimed him. Then, as the sediment rose with both his leg and his walking stick, they saw it: the unmistakable shimmer of Plutus' very blood. By next morning, they were both at the river with sieves and shovels. By that night, the whole town joined them.

Spread the word! Gold Rush: +125% Migration Attraction

Mine! It's all mine! Gold Rush: +50% Migration Attraction Gold Rush Exploitation: +20% Gold Fields building Throughput

Always spread the word. Gold Rush: +125% Migration Attraction

It's always mine! Gold Rush: +50% Migration Attraction Gold Rush Exploitation: +20% Gold Fields building Throughput

Gold Fields Depleted goldrush.2

The rich mineral deposits in … have been drained. Mines are being shuttered, and all the prospectors who moved in are beginning to drift away, in search of the next big strike.

Alluvial Gold Dried Up: Miners Go Home River dried up due to miner activity. Shafts condemned as threat to life. Enter at own peril. Trespassers will be shot. Survivors will be shot again.

Unfortunate. Gold Mines Depleted: -50% Migration Attraction

We cannot just let them leave!

Always let them go. Gold Mines Depleted: -50% Migration Attraction

We should never let them leave!

Foreign Influx Provokes Outcry goldrush.3

The … have spoken out against the migrants moving into …, pleading with the government to support "native" miners by discouraging migration into the state.

"Do you really think that they're moving just because they want to work? Just take a look around! What do you see here? That's it! Gold! They have greed in their eyes, I tell you, they're coming to take it all from us and they won't leave a penny behind. What's even wrong with trying to protect the future of our people?"

We need every spare hand we can get in …. Angry At Foreign Miners: -2 Interest Group Approval

Limit migration into …. Limited Gold Rush: +50% Migration Attraction

The Mines Get Organized goldrush.4

Miners and mine owners are both scrambling to protect their interests in … by formally organizing themselves and their work. However, the approaches of the … and the … cannot work together.

"One of the … lightly taps the crystal of the window; the sound is amplified by the emptiness of the storage room. "Do you also want me to hand them the gold? Part of my house?" he asks generously, his back still facing the door. "What's mine is mine and what's yours is yours. The mines are what's mine.""

Support the …. Mining Syndicates Formed: +1 Interest Group Approval, +20% Interest Group Political Strength Disrupted Paradigms: -2 Interest Group Approval

Support the …. Mining Conglomerates Formed: +1 Interest Group Approval, +20% Interest Group Political Strength Miners Exploited: -2 Interest Group Approval

The … Dream goldrush.5

A story has been making the rounds about a miner who struck it rich and became the wealthiest man in his town. People in … are beginning to live beyond their means, convinced they'll all become rich soon enough.

"Did you see his new house? The dining room is all paneled and framed in pine, and finished enamel white, with furniture of teak. An imported chandelier, made by some obscure artisan whose name no one can pronounce again. And all of it comes from the mines! All of it!"

It can't be that harmful. Spending Spree: +3 Standard of Living Unrealistic Expectations.: +1 Minimum Expected Standard of Living for the Lower Strata, +1 Minimum Expected Standard of Living for the Middle Strata, +1 Minimum Expected Standard of Living for the Upper Strata

All that is gold does not glitter. Spending Spree Discouraged: +1.5 Standard of Living, +10% Radicals from Political Movements Unrealistic Expectations.: +1 Minimum Expected Standard of Living for the Lower Strata, +1 Minimum Expected Standard of Living for the Middle Strata, +1 Minimum Expected Standard of Living for the Upper Strata

Goldrush 6 goldrush.6

Goldrush 7 goldrush.7

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