The aim of the game is to be elected President by the majority. This means getting the necessary votes to win more than half of the seats in the National Congress. In order to get the votes, everything is allowed. Deals with other political parties, buying judges, cheating... but you also need to take into account the other political parties and luck! You...
Here is a description of the game from Spielbox: Der Prestel Kunstmarkt (Art Market) has the subtitle “Gamble, Invest, Win” and is by Franz-Benno Delonge. Which artist will command the highest prices? Which genre is in particularly high demand? Which auctions should be acted on? The ‘art dealers’ in this game must keep the demands of their customers in...
(From the rules card) You are a collector of fabulous items. You start with little money but have 9 precious un-cashed checks. As you acquire and exhibit your collection, you receive "prize points" that reflect its increased value. The more valuable your collection, the greater the value of your remaining checks and the easier you will find it to buy even...
This expansion enhances and adds to the core systems of the base game with the inclusion of a new, advanced combat mechanism and more interesting bounty and captain cards to spice up the gameplay. More specifically, the Corsair Expansion is focused on increasing competitiveness within those playing Privateer. Exert your authority by blockading ports...
Your ticket to an exciting game where the players become pro-football managers competing with other managers to build a winning team. Each game contains 50 official football trading cards. Managers draft and trade real pro players, trying to build the strongest squad. You can even substitute your own collection of football cards. Game contents: Game rules...
Now here's a game from 1977 with a relatively short title and a mouthful of a game maker's name. The game is Profit & Loss ; the maker is Hollow Stump Bungalow Books & Games. As the name suggests, two to six players buy and sell various items (antiques, art, securities, real estate, collectibles, etc.), trying to achieve a profit on each one. However...
Pros And Cons: The Gambling Game For Professionals And Convicts. Pros and Cons is a gambling game based around the odds of throwing a specific number with two dice (7 being the most probable – 2 and 12 the least probable). Shrewd choices give players the chance of winning the cash put down by the others as well as being paid for services rendered. The...
The gameboard is a 7x9 grid. The players draw from a bag containing seventy-eight tiles called nuggets. Each nugget represents one of six metals. Each player, in turn, places one, two or three nuggets on the gameboard. The nuggets placed must match each other, however. After placement of the nuggets, the player may purchase up to two shares of stock of the...
In Prospectus, players are mages trying to earn the most money by trading potions in the Kriztus potion exchange. As mages, players can of course see into the market futures to gain an edge in their trading. However, your skills at this are somewhat limited, as things will not always go according to your predictions. The game makes use of a unique and...
In Provenance you assume the role of an amateur antiques dealer. The aim of the game is to make as much profit as possible by buying and selling antiques. Take advantage of market trends to sell your items when there is a higher demand, but be careful not to hold on to or hoard too many items as that comes with hefty storage fees. Spend time researching...
A Game of Building Influence, Wrestling Economics and Swashbuckling Control in the Golden Age of Piracy. Providence is a worker placement action drafting game. Players compete to balance strife with prosperity by directing colonists within a growing pirate empire. Colonists are in every sense the players in the game. Their actions will decide the fate of...
Proxy War immerses players in the conflicts of the modern era where angry citizens take up arms against an oppressive government while lurking foreign powers try to beat their rivals through exploiting war for profit. Proxy War is the ultimate 2-8 player game of cooperation and competition where players become dictators, rebels, and greedy foreign powers....