The stock market game
| The stock market game | |
|---|---|
| Game data | |
| author | Peter Murray , Steven Spencer |
| publishing company |
 United States : Spencer-Murray Corporation (1961) Germany , Italy , the Netherlands , etc. a .: Ravensburger Spieleverlag (from 1972) Switzerland : Ravensburger Spieleverlag (from 1981) a . a.     |
| Publishing year | 1961 |
| Art | Board game |
| Teammates | 2 to 6 |
| Duration | 75 minutes |
| Age | from 12 years |
The stock market game , also known as Der Aktionär in Switzerland , is a board game that was published in 1961 under the name Broker by the American professors Peter Murray and Steven Spencer. It was quickly translated successfully and into numerous languages. The German version was published by Ravensburger in 1967 . Among other things, numerous advertising issues from various companies were published.
Gameplay
In the original version of Das Börsenspiel and in many subsequent versions there were shares of four companies, later there were also issues with five different shares.
At the beginning of the game, each player receives a share capital of money as well as four action cards, with the help of which he can influence the stock market prices of the traded companies up or down. These are recorded on a rate table, which, depending on the output, is either printed on a board or available as a connector strip. The rates for all companies start at the same value (100), the rate table ranges from a maximum (250) to a minimum (10). In each round each player plays one course card and can buy or sell shares in the various companies according to the value of the courses. Shares in a company may not be bought and sold again in the same round. If a company value falls below the minimum, the players with the action of these companies must pay fines; If the value rises above the maximum value, the players receive dividends corresponding to the company's shares .
The game ends when all action cards have been played. The winner is the player who achieved the highest profit.
In addition to the basic game principle, the possibility of simultaneous and simultaneous changes in share prices at the expense of other prices was also considered to be special and novel.
Individual evidence
- ^ Thorsten Pohl: The stock market game - S. Spencer - F. Murray - Ravensburger - Otto Maier Verlag Ravensburg - Bertelsmann . Retrieved September 7, 2016.
- ↑ GAME CLASSICS: BROKER - Gamers Alliance Gamers Alliance . Retrieved September 7, 2016.
literature
- Erwin Glonnegger : The game book: Board and placement games from all over the world: Origin, rules and history: Drei Magier Verlag, Uehlfeld 1999, p. 116, ISBN 3-9806792-0-9
Web links
- The stock market game (broker) in the board game database BoardGameGeek (English)
- The stock market game (1967) in the Luding games database