Beer Boom

The Beer Boom expansion for Beer Pioneers: 13 new action cards, Brewing waste, Export, Double coop, House brand and Litfaß columns modules, the Light bulbs mini expansion and new setup cards.

Short tag: [Boom]

Beer Boom (Spielefaible, 2024) adds five modules, a mini expansion, 13 new action cards, two setup cards and the solo mode. Play any modules in any mix, but the designer recommends at most 2 at once. Rules from Spielefaible’s English Beer Boom rulebook.

General changes

13 new action cards (beer mug symbol): shuffle into the deck with or without modules; also usable solo except Mathilde Schneider.
2 new setup cards for the base game, one for 2 and one for 3 players.
5 German replacement cards (Bierdeckel, Luise Wenker, Theodor Stauder, Josef Diebels, Josef Groll): only for the German edition; the English cards already carry the corrections.
Game end tile: Export, Double coop and House brand each move the end to 22 ; with two of them 24; all three 25. You may move it for a shorter or longer game.
“Draw” a card = from the draw pile only; “take” = display or draw pile.

The 13 new action cards

Module 1: Brewing waste

Draff, the spent grain, piles up and must be dealt with.

Setup: shuffle in the module’s 16 action cards; 7 draff markers per player in the supply; action tile 10 left of action area 1; the new exchange tile over the exchange space; replace your small cellar tile with the module’s.
Round end, after step 1: in turn order take 1 draff marker per brewing dial you have (per beer still brewing). Supply empty: lucky you.
Action area 10: return 1–4 draff markers for that many rotations.
Exchange: a new option — return exactly 3 draff markers (each exchange; pay 1 coin for two).
New small cellar tile: return up to 4 draff markers, or brewing level +1.
End: −½ per draff marker, rounded down (3 markers −1, 4 markers −2).

Picture	Description
	Draff marker (28, double-sided) — the waste you collect.
	Draff marker, ½ side — the −½ VP each marker costs at the end.
	Action tile 10 — return 1–4 draff for 1–4 rotations.
	Exchange tile — covers the exchange space; adds the 3-draff option.
	Small cellar tile (4) — return up to 4 draff or brewing level +1.
	16 action cards (wheat symbol) — only with this module.

Module 2: Export

Beer goes abroad by rail.

Setup: the 6 export tiles in a row below the score track; each player’s locomotive; railroad tile over action area 8; game end tile on 22. After the first turn order is set, export discs go on the VP track: 1st player −3 and −4, 2nd −2 and −4, 3rd −3 and −3, 4th −2 and −3.
Each round you must take at least 6 actions: the locomotive is an extra one, placed on the new action area 8 (∞ — no blocking). Choose one:
- deliver 2 beers of the same type and 2 barrels: take your rearmost export disc off the negative space and put it on an export tile’s circle (bonus of the tile, plus the circle’s bonus if it was empty) — once both discs are out, move one disc between tiles instead; at most 1 disc of yours per tile;
- pay 3 for 1 beer into your cellar;
- take 1 .
Exporting is not completing an order.
End: discs still on negative spaces cost those points.
With fewer than 4 players ignore a setup card that covers a space of area 8.

Picture	Description
	Stark or Lager — 1 Stark or Lager into your cellar and move 1 barrel. Circle: take 1 card.
	Brew 1 beer — brew exactly 1 beer and 2 . Circle: remove 1 blocking token.
	Mixed — 1 coin, 1 barrel, 1 card and 1 . Circle: 2 rotations.
	Brewing level — brewing level +1 and 2 . Circle: 1 coin.
	4 coins — take 4 . Circle: 1 barrel.
	Progress — 1 brewery progress and 2 . Circle: take 1 card.
	Railroad action tile 8 — covers action area 8.
	Locomotives (4) — your extra action each round.
	Export discs (2 per player) — start on negative VP spaces.

Module 3: Double coop

Specialise: brew one type twice.

Setup: 1 Brewing Tower per player joins the extension supply; the 6 coop tiles and the fifth set of dials go to the supply; the “4 identical beer tiles” card covers the printed 3-identical objective; game end tile on 22.
Brewing Tower: build it with action 7 like any extension (one per player, no first-builder VP; the board bonus applies if a slot is free). Take one of the coop tiles (if any left) and its dial and put it left of your board. You may then pay 1 coin to brew 1 beer at once. Taking the Alt coop costs 1 .
You can use the coop only once that type is unlocked on your board. Then one brewing action can start that type twice.
Each dial is separate: one rotation turns one dial; at round end each dial turns.

Picture	Description
	Brewing Tower (4) — extension that brings a coop tile.
	Pils coop.
	Export coop.
	Lager coop.
	Stark coop.
	Weizen coop.
	Alt coop — costs 1 when taken.
	Brewing dials — the fifth set, for the coop tiles. Each dial advances separately at round end. FAQ
	Objective: 4 identical beer tiles — covers the printed 3-identical objective. The FAQ says covering the House brand objective too is optional. FAQ

Module 4: House brand

A house speciality of any type someone has unlocked.

Setup: 1 Advertising Department per player joins the extension supply; the 4 green House brand coop tiles go to the supply; of the green dials only Alt goes to the supply; game end tile on 22.
Advertising Department: build with action 7 (one per player, no first-builder VP). Take a House brand coop tile, put it left of your board, and remove 1 blocking token.
Brewing: with any brewing action you may put an available green dial on your House brand coop. It needs 7 rotations at the start and never fewer than 4. Finished, take the normal beer tile and return the green dial to the supply for anyone.
A green dial enters the supply the first time any player unlocks that type. Each exists once.
It is a type of its own only if you haven’t unlocked that type yourself.

Picture	Description
	Advertising Department (4) — extension that brings a House brand coop.
	House brand coop (4, “Hausmarke”).
	Green special dials — one per type, shared by all.

Module 5: Litfaß columns

Advertising pillars change the turn order spaces.

Setup: shuffle the 6 Litfaß tiles face down next to the board.
Removed blocking tokens go onto area 4 of the round end board instead of the box.
Before step 4a of the round end: if there are more tokens there than players, reveal the top Litfaß tile and put players + 1 tokens in the box. Skipped in the last round.

Picture	Description
	Space 1 — from now on that space only draws 1 card from the pile.
	Space 3 — take 1 coin or 1 barrel.
	Space 4 — take any card from the display, ignoring your brewing level.
	Space 7 — complete 1 order at once.
	Extra action space between areas 4 and 5 — pay 1 coin to take back one of your bonus workers (not one on an objective). FAQ
	Black tile — everyone makes 1 rotation at once; then the tile leaves the game.