2023 · Transportation
East India Companies
Players operate rival European shipping companies trading with trading posts in India, buying and selling commodities such as tea, spices, coffee, and silk while managing fleets of ships with differing speed and cargo capacity. Turn by turn, players decide whether to invest capital in company shares (their own or rivals’) or to purchase and transport goods, then sell when market prices shift; supply and demand mechanics cause prices to fluctuate throughout the game. Strategic choices about ship selection, cargo allocation, and stock investments interact with opponents’ moves, and players score by accumulating wealth through trade profits and successful market timing.
- Players
- 2–4 best 4
- Playing time
- 90–120 min
- Age
- 14+
- Complexity
- 3 / 5
About the game
- Design
Where to buy it
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On Ludoya's tables
Full stats in Ludoya- 14
- Plays logged
- 40
- Players
- 2h 31m
- Average play
- 12
- In collections
- 6
- On wishlists
8.8/10
from 8 Ludoya reviews
Garfield9.0 #14 I really like the simplicity of this game. Buying and selling goods with a vivid market. And also the stock market is an interesting mechanism. What I didn't like about the stock market is, that the bank gets the money if someone is buying a stock. [c] Theme: ★★★★★ <!-- size 7]Strong theme --> Gameplay: ★★★★☆ <!-- size 7]Interesting decisions --> Interaction: ★★★★★ <!-- size 7]Fight for selling first --> Artwork: ★★★★★ <!-- size 7]Very nice --> Luck: ★☆☆☆☆ <!-- size 7]Little --> Strategy: ★★★☆☆ <!-- size 7]Different ships --> Components: ★★★★☆ <!-- size 7]Good --> Play duration: ★★☆☆☆ <!-- size 7]A little bit long --> Easy to teach: ★★★☆☆ <!-- size 7]Ok --> Rules quality: ★★★★★ <!-- size 7]Very good --> Setup time: ★★★☆☆ <!-- size 7]Ok --> No downtime: ★★★★☆ <!-- size 7]Little downtime --> Replay value: ★★★☆☆ <!-- size 7]Random, vivid market --> [/c]
FinnTroll10.0 Nice lightweight game about goods and stocks speculation. Ignore ignorant idiots who rate this 1. Though viability of slower ships with more cargo space remains questionable.
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