São Paulo State had a rich railway history! Through the rails of several Railways Companies were transported an important portion of the State´s wealth. Many of these goods were transported to the major cities of São Paulo, cities from other States and others ended up down the hill and delivered to the ships from Santos Port, from where they journeyed to...
Figgie is a card game that was invented [by professional traders] at Jane Street in 2013. It was designed to simulate open-outcry commodities trading. Most of the skill in Figgie is in negotiating trades that benefit both the buyer and seller. Like in poker, your objective in Figgie is to make money over a series of hands. —description from the publisher...
In Financier (aka A Stock Market Game) players invest in six companies. These companies start with random values (1-6) and on each turn the active player must change the value of one of them by rolling two dice. They must choose one die which represents the company to change, the other die being the amount of the change, and whether the total of the two...
An interesting variant on the monopoly theme which introduces stocks and bonds on top of the basic well-known monopoly theme. There are four major differences to monopoly: 1) The Bank The Bank area (twelve special squares with different possibilities) is now the most crucial place in the game where you buy properties and stocks and get paid dividend of...
The game is a commercial game, related to Monopoly, for the purpose of promoting the area of the "Flensburger Förde", a landscape in the North of Germany. The players move around a board, which consists of 40 squares. On most of the squares are parts of companies, which can be bought. The companies have values between 1000 and 8000 Euro. Three companies...
Early Klaus Teuber game with a well deserved reputation, from a publisher better known for electronic games! The odd combination of mechanisms is a bit tricky to grasp at first, but soon reveals a nice contest. There are various ships in different colors marked on the board and players are dealt 3 random cards to show a share in three of the ships. Also on...
Fluke - The Wealth Building Game of Accidental Inventions Fluke simulates Corporate America - the wild, wild world of intellectual property that is grounded in inventions and entrepreneurship. Players will experience thrilling scientific research, wacky inventions, stock explosions, gigantic wealth and legal duels. Many world changing, highly profitable...
Publisher's Description: Each player starts with £300. He tries to make a further £300 by drawing dividends and by buying and selling shares in trading companies. There are six companies. Players do not own companies. The only way a player can obtain an interest in a company is by buying its shares. Players may invest all their money in one company or...
FOOLMANIA: "The cutthroat stock market game that teaches you nothing." From the box cover: "Foolmania is the card game that rewards strategic play, creative thinking, backstabbing, and a little bit of good fortune. Your goal is to build a first-rate investment portfolio by acquiring great companies and avoiding lousy ones. "Each turn, players buy from a...
For-Ex II: She Made Another One is exactly what it sounds like: a second game of currency trading designed by Amabel Holland. Players invest, divest, and trade currencies which only have value relative to one another. As in the original For-Ex game, currency values are tracked using tokens on a display, and futures contracts are entered into a contract...