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SCHWARZER FREITAG

BULL, BEAR OR CRASH?

Before the stock market crashes you should buy as much gold and silver as you can. But as you start the game without money you must earn money with clever stock market trades to be able to start trading in precious metals. You can acquire subsidies, pay interest on them and bad banks take over the debts at the end of the game. The game is prepared in accordance with the number of players and then you can do one of four actions in your turn: 1) You buy shares for the current share price, at the start only one share. This changes during the game due to level cards. 2) Sell shares for the actual share value, the share values are adapted accordingly and there is a sales limit. 3) Buy silver for the current value up to the maximum buying limit. If you own 5 silver bars these bars are immediately exchanged for 1 gold bar. 4) Pass your turn; this avoids price changes and thereby possibly an advantage for the next player. When the silver price tops 100, all sell their shares, take out subsidies to the absolute limit and buy silver. Who then has the most gold bars wins the game.

Schwarzer Freitag is a dry simulation of events at the stock market, the actual slogans like Bad Banks have been integrated nicely, the subsidies you need not pay back are a glimpse on reality, but you must pay your interest in full. At the start not easy and taking some time to get used to are the manifold handling operations and details that you have to observe. To take some time to study the rules is an advantage, you are rewarded with simulation of stock market events that works will despite a not unimportant element chance.

Players: 2-5

Age: 12+

Time: 60+

Designer: Friedemann Friese

Artist: Christian Fiore

Price: ca. 35 Euro

Publisher: Kosmos 2010

Web: www.kosmos.de

Genre: Stock market game

Users: For experts

Version: de

Rules: de en nl

In-game text: no

Comments:

Rules need a bit of working with * some details can be found in the tips * lots of handling * well-working simulation

Compares to:

Other stock market games

Other editions:

Black Friday, Rio Grande Games, in Holland 999 Games

Chance (pink): 0

Tactic (turquoise): 3

Strategy (blue): 1

Creativity (dark blue): 0

Knowledge (yellow): 0

Memory (orange): 0

Communication (red): 0

Interaction (brown): 3

Dexterity (green): 0

Action (dark green): 0