Startups

Six companies are up for investment, and you want to hold the most shares in them when the round ends. Whoever holds the most in a company is the monopolist and collects a coin from every other holder of that stock. Coins carry over between rounds, and the richest investor wins. On your turn you take a card from the deck or the market, then play one face up in front of you or face down into the market with a coin on it as a bribe. Anti-monopoly chips stop you taking more of a company you already dominate from the market. A twenty-minute card game with real tension for the size of the box. We would hand it to a table of four or five who enjoy reading opponents more than building engines. Not really a two-player game; the fun is in the crowd of investors.