The Smoky Valley

Welcome to Griffintown! The most dynamic industrial city in North America!

With the recent opening of the Lachine canal to bypass the rapids of St. Lawrence River, Griffintown (located in Montréal’s backyard), also called the Smoky Valley because of its numerous factories, has become a key location to invest money for developing new industries, producing and transforming goods, and shipping them abroad!

It is the best place to take advantage of the loads of raw goods, such as wood, coal, iron, or grain, which transit through the canal each day, to produce flour, beer, steam machines, and even ships! Industrialists can count on the canal to provide water power to supply their industries. In addition to the canal, important railways are converging to Griffintown, increasing the dynamism of the city and its role as a hub for freight transport.

We’re looking for audacious investors like you, ready to engage yourselves to stimulate the economic and industrial development of the city, as well as the widespread use of new technologies such as steam machines.

Do you have what it takes to be remembered as the greatest builder of The Smoky Valley?

In The Smoky Valley, you are an investor promoting the industrial and economic development of Griffintown during the 19th Century. Your goal is to get the most prestige points for participating in the development of the city, so that it becomes the most prosperous place in North America.

During the game, you will build industries, produce and process goods, and sell those goods locally or export them to foreign markets. You will also be solicited to participate in the widening and modernization of the Lachine Canal, which has just been opened.

Besides these activities for the good of Griffintown and your own wealth, you will also have to stimulate the development of the city to boost economic activities, provide public services, and increase the quality of life of citizens. If your actions are well received by the citizens and your popularity increases faster than your opponents’, you may even become the Mayor of the city. This office will offer you the chance to influence the city’s development for the best of your interests, as well as your citizens’, of course!

CONTENTS:

• 1 game board
• 4 company boards (1 each in 4 player colors)
• 4 navigation boards (1 each in 4 player colors)
• 20 district tiles (5 each in 4 player colors)
• 2 industry development boards
• 27 industry tiles
• 1 service tokens board
• 15 service tokens
• 1 canal tiles board
• 28 canal tiles
• 1 city development board
• 3 mayor priority tokens
• 42 city cards
• 3 mayor cards
• 15 neutral ship tokens (9 schooners, 6 canallers)
• 12 player ship tokens (3 schooners/canallers in 4 player colors)
• 1 foreign markets board
• 11 foreign market goods tokens
• 1 game sequence marker
• 8 money markers
• 4 navigation boat markers (1 each in 4 player colors)
• 12 canal development markers (4 sets with 3 markers printed with B, G, W)
• 88 goods markers (22 each in 4 player colors)
• 48 trader markers (12 each in 4 player colors)
• 88 discs (22 each in 4 player colors)
• 8 play aids (English and German)
• 2 rules booklets (English and German)