There’s Something Magical About This Place! Maybe it’s the take-your-breath-away beauty of nature combined with the high altitude and more than 300 sunny days a year. It’s not surprising that “America the Beautiful” was inspired by a trip to the summit of Pikes Peak. Colorado-Opoly allows players to collect favorite Colorado properties and increase the...
From the Introduction in the rules: On May 10, 1869, the Union Pacific and the Central Pacific met at Promontory Summit to establish the first transcontinental railroad for the United States. The route taken by the Union Pacific just grazed the tip of Colorado at Julesberg and headed west through Wyoming. Colorado, however, wanted railroads and soon got...
Isles of Purple and Red, renown for their fine fabric and vivid dyes, are far across the sea. When the island trading houses send cargo ships to the Sapphire Ports, they can only guess what the demand will be for different styles once the cargo finally arrives. So the houses send agents ahead in faster boats, on missions to promote the products the the...
This appears to be a promotional item devised at the request of the Rouse Company. Centered on the planned community in Columbia, MD, this game offers players the opportunity, "to become a developer in the NEXT AMERICA, COLUMBIA." Players must accumulate wealth and property in order to win. As with Monopoly, upon which this game is strongly based...
Players buy and sell five different commodities until they think that they have enough to sail from Spain to claim settlements around the Caribbean. Fortifications cost money but unfortified settlements can be captured by other players. [from the box top] Explore and conquer the New World: force the other players out of the game through trading and selling...
Made by World-Opoly in 1990 for 2 or more players ages 7 and up. A community spirit game, custom designed to create the unique character of Columbus. OBJECT: Players enter the game as visitors to Columbus. As players travel around the board, they have the opportunity to buy, sell, and trade properties. The winner has the opportunity to stay as a resident...
User summary: Discuss and decide how to save your fishing village from depopulation! 漁村においでよ! (Gyoson Ni Oideyo!), a.k.a. Come to Fishing Village!, is a co-operative card game in which players try to revitalize their village by successfully accomplishing big projects. The game can be played solitaire. While progressing your projects, you have to undergo a...
In Comic Book Boom!, you play as a publisher at the heights of the 1990's comic book craze, looking to make your fortune in the booming market. Whoever makes the most cash by the time the boom busts is the winner. There are three kinds of cards you'll collect and use throughout the game: Books – The comics titles that you publish. The amount you can profit...
This game is from 1900 and was published by the J. Ottmann Litho Company of New York. The directions say that Commerce is "the most amusing game on the market" The game is comprised of a deck of cards with 8 suits (Pork, Sugar, Cotton, Corn, Coffee, Oats, Flour and Butter) of 6 cards in each suit, making 48 cards in all. After shuffling the cards, deal...
Pit is an open-outcry commodity trading game. The first edition in 1903 had a deck of 63 cards, 9 each of 7 commodities, each with a value (ranging from 40 for Flax to 100 for Wheat). Players offer trades by crying out the number of cards they want to swap (“One! One! One!”, or “Three! Three! Three!”) but not their identity. The winner of the hand is the...