À La Mine

À La Mine is a turn-based strategy game designed for 3 to 6 players, where dwarves compete for control of mining operations. Dominate the mine by winning auctions or using dynamite to eliminate your opponents in this ruthless struggle!

• Turn-based competitive strategy designed for 3 to 6 players

• Strong player interaction and constant tension

• Asymmetrical dynamics that evolve throughout the game

• Two distinct phases with radically different objectives

  Every decision influences not only your position, but also the overall balance of the game.

À La Mine offers a Friend Pass system that allows you to join a game without owning it.

You can:

• Join your friends’ games for free if they own the game
• Complete the tutorial to learn the mechanics and how the game works

You cannot:

• Create or customize your own games
• Accumulate progression
• Unlock cosmetic items related to progression
• Unlock Steam achievements

The Friend Pass lets you discover À La Mine and play with friends while reserving full progression and features for players who own the game.

First Phase – Build Your Network

During the first phase, you and your friends share the same goal: to acquire the largest connected set of territories.

Through auctions and confrontations, you must:

• Expand your holdings
• Block your opponents
• Set up your position for the next phase

This phase lays the groundwork for the balance of power to come.

Second Phase – Owners vs. Workers

Once the first phase is over, the game changes. Depending on your situation, you take on a new role:

The Owners

If you control enough connected territories, you become an owner.

Your goal is clear:

• Slow down the progress of other owners
• Contain the actions of the workers’ union
• And most importantly, be the first to connect 6 territories to achieve a monopoly

The Exploited

If you don’t control enough connected territories, you become an exploited. The exploited form a union and play collectively against the owners.

Their goal is to:

• Sabotage the mine
• Hinder the expansion of the owners
• Prevent anyone from achieving a monopoly

The game then becomes a tense confrontation between individual interests and collective action.

À La Mine is neither a solo game nor a duel. It is designed to fully leverage the group dynamics found in board games: temporary alliances, collective opposition, tension, and betrayal.

Gather 3 to 6 players, enter the mine, and see who will come out on top!

À La Mine is the first game from Studio Dés Kréatifs (S.D.K.). We are a small team of passionate developers aiming to create new indie game experiences like À La Mine.

Your feedback, questions, and even ideas are invaluable—they help us improve our current and future games. Don’t hesitate to write to us or join our Discord to chat with us!