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London Markets

Exotic Goods in victorian london

Trading exotic goods in Victorian London, the game concentrates on Coffee, Soap, Silk and China. You begin with eight out of 72 good cards for those four types of goods, an Offer card is placed on each market and the remaining Goods cards are placed in the respective markets for Coffee, Soap, Silk and China. Each player holds 20 so-called Goods bars of his color and two Replenishment cards; the Goods bars influence replenishment and personal income. First, each player hands three of his Goods bars to his neighbor, who then places them in markets.

Then, 12 rounds follow, each comprising several phases: Reveal Market card, with special rules for “closed market”, goods replenishment and auction do not happen - Player Action with choice of Merchant or Assistant for their respective actions: Place Goods bar - Take Money for visible crates on goods bars or goods cards from a market for visible crates there - Goods Replenishment for your own replenishment cards on display -  Auctions for all types of Goods for money - Movement of Merchants and Assistants; a merchant moves one market in clockwise direction, an assistant one step to the right on the track. On certain assistant cases, you select a special card from stacks on the market board or must show your money for an interim scoring. At the end, you win with most money from cash and special cards.

Still a good, solid game, but also it also comes with the weaknesses of its predecessor - a rather repetitive game flow and a duration that is slightly too long. All the same, a recommendation to buy it for all those who missed out on Dschunke, the mechanisms themselves are excellent.

Players: 3-4

Age: 10+

Time: 60+

Designer: Michael Schacht

Artist: Claus Stephan

Price: ca. 35 Euro

Publisher: Queen Games 2016

Web: www.queen-games.de

Genre: Economy

Users: With friends

Version: multi

Rules: de en

In-game text: no

Comments:

Revised new edition of Dschunke, 2002

Good mix of mechanisms

Takes a tad too long to play

Game flow very repetitive

Compares to:

Dschunke, Yangtze

Other editions:

Currently none

Chance (pink): 1

Tactic (turquoise): 2

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