Yinzi

Yinzi means silver – China experienced the greatest economic expansion in its history during the Ming dynasty. The silver trade between the Americas and Europe and onward to China had a profound effect on the world economy – it may be considered the beginning of a global economy.

In Yinzi, the players represent merchant clans developing parts of China in the late Ming period in the early 17th century. They plant crops, sell goods to the rural or urban markets, develop raw materials, build and upgrade factories, and sell their goods to ships already waiting in the port.