Business Games

As a powerful real estate tycoon, there are only seven hotel chains in the world worthy of your attention. Using nothing but your wealth and wits, you must vie against other business magnates to manipulate construction and capitalize on mergers -- buying, trading, and selling stocks in order to get the greatest return on your investments.

Acquire challenges you to pit your resources snf resolve against other players in this high-finance game of speculation and strategy!

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Australia – the fifth and smallest continent at the beginning of the 1920s. The economic crisis is yet to come – Australia is booming. Industrial modernisation and development are pursued with vigour to help the economy “down under” progress. At the same time, the government is arranging for countless National Parks to be set up and are initiating numerous projects to support the natural environment.

Every player leads a troop of rangers who have been assigned the task, by the government, of carrying out various conservation and industrialisation projects.The most successful player wins the game.

It's the roaring 20's and prohibition ("the great experiment") is in full swing. The business of illegal alcohol is growing bigger and getting more dangerous by the day. Illegal stills dot the countryside and secret underground speakeasies are popping up all over big cities. Local law authorities carefully look the other way for a price, but G-Men are harder to convince and can wreak destruction on a budding enterprise. With this much money and corruption, organized crime is sure to follow.

It is early morning at the fish market and it is already alive with fish-mongers pushing their fishy products. The fish-mongers loudly praise their fresh fish as they try to attract as many of the numerous customers as possible.

"This is your lucky day! It is good that you have come by, for I can offer you 2 flounder and 1 shark for just € 10!" But only the fastest players will get the best deals, but move too fast and you may pay too much.

Actually, the players are both the sellers and the buyers. As you might expect, looking as sellers to get the highest prices and as buyers the lowest.

The player who earns the most money wins the game.

In an abandoned warehouse, a band of gangsters is splitting their latest haul, but they can't come to an agreement on the split. It's time to let the guns do the talking, and soon everyone is aiming at everyone… All you have to do is stay alive and have the most money at the end of the game!

CA$H'n GUN$ will make you relive the best scenes from gangster movies and other modern detective stories, where the flimsiest excuse serves to let bullets fly!

Fun, bluff and negotiations are to be had. Thing is, do you have enough guts to play?

This is a game where laughter isn't the only deadly thing…

The game contains 7 foam weapons, rules to play in teams (up to 9 players) with Yakuzas as well as a special expansion for people who have balls of steel!

The world's three largest Mafia organizations jointly perpetrated the Robbery of the Century… A few hours later, they are all gathered in a sinister back shop in Hong-Kong, each of them armed to the teeth to split the loot in a good mood. Suddenly, the tension raises, it looks as if the parts were not equal… Get ready; the gang war might break out at anytime! Are you keen to face the wildest Mafia of the planet?

BANZAI!!! Yakuza introduces new characters, new foam weapons (Tanto, Shuriken and Shotgun), objects and a team based game play for up to 9 players.

Castle Merchants is a tile laying, hand management, pick up & deliver game. You play the role of a merchant peddling his wares to various castles in the land. Since all the merchants are offering the same wares for sale, the merchant who is able to reach a castle first can receive a higher price than those visiting in later turns.

You must manage your hand of path cards that you use to place paths onto the board, or to traverse the paths themselves. You may play any number of cards on your turn, but must be careful as you can only replenish your hand with a certain amount of cards regardless of how many you played. Whether you want to reduce your hand size to push on farther and beat your competition to a castle is just one of the decisions you'll find yourself making every turn.

Merchants must build paths wisely for if you can't fully make use of the tiles you play there is a chance a competing merchant might be able to speed past you on the path and make his delivery to the castle first. Merchants must also be wary of possible rock slides that can make a path impassable and force them to have to change their plans and find a way around the obstruction. The first merchant to accumulate 18 pieces of gold is declared the winner.

In Colosseum you are a Roman impresario - producing great spectacles in our arena in the hope of attracting the most spectators to your events. You'll earn wealth and glory for each event you run, using it to build ever more ambitious events. Attract the most spectators to one of your events and you'll be granted the title of Grand Impresario, with tales of your extraordinary spectacles acclaimed throughout the empire.

Container is a game about big ships and big production. Each player will play both the producer and shipper of goods. Players will decide which products they want to produce, and which of the OTHER players' goods they want to ship out to a remote island. During these phases, players will be able to set the prices for their goods and try to maximize their cash!

Once the goods have reached the island, players will play the part of the purchaser for their tiny island. Players bid for the goods arriving each day by ship, and the highest bidder collects these goods for conversion into points at the end of the game.

Sounds simple? It is! But the real challenge is turning heavy industry production into goods for your island. Your government is willing to subsidize your purchases, but just how much money do you want to give to your competitors for that lovely crate of goods your island desperately needs?

Harvest fields with your campesinos, producing profits which will allow you to own property, build homes in the rich valley of the two rivers. But, beware the rivers are the life blood of the land and dams will alter the course of the river… that which was dry will now produce, that which was wet may now be dry. Designed by Franz-Benno Delonge. The one who controls the dams, controls the valley.

The Chinese New Year. The dragon parade starts from the Forbidden City and moves randomly through the streets. Where the parade ends, the celebration begins. During the parade, the street sellers must decide where to set up their stands to provide food and drinks. Naturally, they want to be close to the celebration. But who knows where the parade will end?

Players play cards to move the dragon token and at the same time placing their street seller tokens where they think the dragon will end.

You are a reputable merchant in the 15th century, sailing to strategically important cities of the Mediterranean, building warehouses in these cities and fortresses to protect them. It is your ambition to become the most mighty and successful merchant of all. But you will succeed only if you manage to establish your warehouses in as many cities as possible and if you build your warehouses and fortresses in the most flourishing cities. The player owning the most money at the end of the game is the most renowned merchant and winner of the game.

This game also comes with an expansion pack of 3 cities and a pirate ship.

Contents: board, 5 wooden ships, 90 wooden warehouses, 15 wooden fortresses, 54 sailing cards, 30 laon cards, 111 coins, 3 proliferation bonus cards. Comes with an expansion pack containing 3 city tiles and a pirate ship.

The goal is to create the shortest possible delivery route between production facilities and sales outlets. Each player must acquire and develop properties for his outlets, and attempt to secure the shortest possible route between the supplier and his shop. The shortest routes and the most money left in hand will determine the winner! Keep in mind, however, each player has the same goal. Often plans will be impeded by an unexpected building, or unannounced antinuclear demonstration. This is a bilingual release, including both English and German rulesets.

Goa: at the beginning of the 16th century: beautiful beaches, wonderful climate, and one of the most important trading cities in the world. Competing companies trade with spices and send their colonists into the world and invest their money. Of most importance is how you manage your spices to grow a successful company: should you build more ships ? Build more effective plantations ? Attract more colonists ? The best strategy is the one that creates the most successful business. Goa, wealth and glory, but not without risk!

Seehausen am See. For many years, more and more people visit this idyllic village during the annual summer fest. In these three weeks, the breweries and beer gardens in the village make more money than during the rest of the year. So, you and your opponents become hardened businessmen, who rush to Seehausen am See to invest in the businesses there with an eye toward the large profits that come during the festival. During these three weeks each will invest in the businesses and try to get his people in management positions in the breweries and beer gardens where he owns stock. The players also work to increase the size of their favorite beer gardens so that they can earn more money. In the end, it is not the size of the beer gardens or who is in charge, but the amount of money in the players’ pockets ...

Players try to gain as many victory points as possible by cultivating and expanding coffee plantations. They succeed if they proceed strategically, handle money cleverly and manage finally to ship the coffee from the harbor.

Argentina at the beginning of 19th century. The pastures of the pampas seem to go on forever. You have enough money to buy land and cattle to build a small hacienda.

During the game, players develop their haciendas, increase their herds and land holdings, open new markets, and worry about water supplies and harvests. Also, players must watch their competitors at all times.

At game end, the winner is the player with the largest and most important hacienda.

The game comes with two game boards, each requiring a different strategy and approach to be successful and win. The game also offers an alternate scoring system, giving players yet other ways to play.

Hazienda is a game that requires thought and planning throughout, representing a challenge for each player.

The era of the old gas lamps is over: the city discovers electricity. Four power companies are fighting hard for concessions... HIGH VOLTAGE is a high-strategy game where tactics and interaction are your cutting edge.

I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream for Ice Cream!

Nothing says summertime like a trip to the local ice cream stand. In Ice Cream, you have the chance to demonstrate your business skills by running an ice cream stand. You have just four days to bring in as many customers as you can - will you be the prince of pistachio, the countess of chocolate... or just a drip?

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Return of a Sid Sackson classic. 'I'm the Boss' is a game of deal making and negotiation, where you are an investor just trying to make a deal. Through intelligent negotiations, temporary alliances, and cutthroat bargaining you will rake in millions. But watch out for the other investors at your bargaining table who meddle in your affairs and try to take over your deals. As the boss, you stand to gain the most, but you can find yourself quickly cut out of a deal. In the end, the winner is the investor with the most money.

In this game, each player takes on the role of a Chinese prince, seeking to maximize the prosperity and prestige of his province in the ancient China of approximately 1,000 A.D. To assist in these endeavours, the princes must call upon the diverse talents of their courtiers, from scholars and monks to warriors and craftsmen. These loyal subjects will lend their expertise to the struggle to shield their rulers from the often disastrous consequences of the myriad untoward events that plague the populace from month to month. Be it drought, contagion or Mongol invasion, only foresight and planning will spare the princes and their subjects from these fates. The better a player can manage his province and withstand the seemingly unending onslaught of hazardous events, the more honor and victory points he will have to show for it in the end.

Judging by the smirk on the face of the Sultan of Solo, the businessman from North Sumatra has just made a mistake. And a costly one at that, too. He has paid way too much for merging his rubber company with the Sultan's extensive rubber plantations: there are no ships in the area to transport the rubber to the booming cities of Java. And the Sultan is now dripping in cash-he can bribe city authorities so that his ships will gain preferential access to those ports where they are competing. Or he might invest in building an oil imperium. But wait- what's that young fellow over there up to? Buying all the shipping lines? That might change the outlook? considerably in fact? let's see?

Indonesia is a game in which 2-5 players build up an economy. As the game unfolds, the basic agricultural economy develops into early industry-the players getting rich in the meantime by producing and transporting goods, and by acquiring and merging companies at the right time, and for the right price. The game takes three to four hours to complete.

Keeping track of things and intelligent planning make you the most successful industrial magnate! From the brick factory to the robot shop, you steer your dynasty through 5 epochs in this exciting auction game.

Each round another player is the auctioneer and auctions factories. These bring victory points and supply raw materials. The auctioneer has the choice: accept the highest bid and take the money, or take the factory free of charge. But if they choose the latter, then it's the next player's turn.

Place your markers on the gameboard and build your empire. That costs money and raw materials, which are scarce, so it's worth it to manage them well. Connected factories bring valuable bonus points. The possibility of getting additional bonus points makes the game exciting right to the very end.

Jacob Marley is alive and well. And what’s more, he’s the boss of you.

You’re a lowly clerk in young Jacob Marley’s powerful investment firm, which lends money to needs people throughout the city of London. Marley has decided to elevate one lucky clerk to the status of “friend,” meaning a partnership in Marley’s business, a handsome promotion, and Marley’s lifetime friendship. He’ll even get you out of Hell if you manage to outlive him. Such a deal!

To make the most points with the boss, you must lend his money to the most trustworthy clients, and stay away from the ones that will ruin you. If you’re lucky, you’ll even grow up to be as stingy and horrible as he is.

You need one Pawn to represent Jacob Marley, ten colored counters for each player, six more counters, money, and a way to keep score.

As the proud owner of a northern Italian trading company, you must dispatch carts and wagons to find new customers for your goods. But times are hard and competition is fierce. Establish new markets by creating unique routes that bypass your competitors. Naturally, the larger towns are more lucrative, but profits will be greatest where you can keep the market to yourself. Competition will only hurt sales, so even a small village can be a valuable destination. A monopoly, however modest, is still sweet. Find the best way to reach your goals and bar your opponents from success by building a trade network across the variable board. Your opponents will quickly claim their routes, so plan your strategy with care!

Creating the best network and taking the greatest share of the gold is the road to victory in La Strada.

Players compete in the building of Mall World, scheduled to be the largest indoor shopping mall in the world. In the planning of a mall this size, it is important to get the right shops in the right locations and the player best able to do this will win the game!

Buy your way to fame & fortune with Modern Art, the high stakes gallery auction game. Each player runs a gallery, choosing which pieces of art to sell from the collection, and which pieces to buy from other galleries. Bid on the right one and at the end of the round you could be rolling in the dough. Mistake a Pissaro for a Picasso and you could be out of luck and money. Perfect for the Arm Chair Art Critic as well as anyone who enjoys a fast-action, highly entertaining board game.

Dump retail! Buy technology! Buy it all! No, wait… sell technology!! Sell! AAARGH!!

In The Motley Fool’s Buy Low Sell High, players try to outtrade, outmanuever, and outplay their fellow investors on their way to riches and fame in the stock market. Who will be the richest Fool on Wall Street?