Understanding "Stock Holding" in Board Games
"Stock Holding" is a mechanic where players purchase, trade, and manage shares of various in-game entities. The goal is often to exert control, influence outcomes, and generate income.
Key Concepts
- Shares: Portions of entities players can buy or sell.
- Market: The in-game economy affecting share value.
- Dividends: Profits paid to shareholders.
- Control: Owning a significant share may grant special abilities or decision-making power.
How It Works
Players strategically buy shares to invest in company growth or earn dividends, affecting both the company's performance and the player's wealth within the game.
Examples
Acquire: Players merge companies and acquire stock to become the wealthiest shareholder.
Power Grid: While not a pure stock holding game, it involves economic strategy akin to managing company assets.
1830: Railways & Robber Barons: A heavy economic and stock manipulation game where players buy, sell, and manipulate railroad stocks.
Impact on Gameplay
Stock holding mechanics can:
- Introduce depth and realism
- Encourage strategic planning and foresight
- Mimic real-world economic principles
Stock holding in board games offers a rich, strategic experience, engaging players in the intricacies of economic influence and investment.
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Strategy Game utilisants Stock Holding
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In Chicago Express, the players try to earn as much profit as possible by buying shares in thriving railroad companies. Players have several options for increasing the value of shares in the companies, which, in turn, increase their profits.
Chicago Express
0,00 $US
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An expansion for Leaving Earth, focusing on manned exploration and habitation of the inner Solar System. Adds many new features, including: joint ventures where agencies cooperate on shared projects hydroponics to be able to grow food in space habitats...
très positif, 86 %
14 ans et +
1 à 5 joueurs
60 minutes
Impliqué
Science Fiction
Space
Pick-up and Deliver
Point to Point Movement
Simulation
Stock Holding
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23,00 $US
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Nicaea
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12 ans et +
4 à 6 joueurs
60 minutes
Détendu
War Game
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Hand Management
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Open Drafting
Stock Holding
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It’s the 19th century. Railroads are expanding into the new world. Invest wisely in the numerous upstart companies in order to become the wealthiest Rail Baron and take control of the North American Railways.
North American Railways
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14 ans et +
2 à 4 joueurs
30 minutes
Légé
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Animals
Farming
Area Majority / Influence
Open Drafting
Set Collection
Stock Holding
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-20 %
9,95 $US
8,00 $US
In The Grasshopper and the Ant, players take turns playing the part of the industrious ants and the grasshopper content to sponge off the labor of the ants.
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30 minutes
Légé
Family Game
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Set Collection
Stock Holding
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