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Eric Solomon reviewed Stocks & Bonds for Issue 43 of Games & Puzzles magazine, and criticized the game for its unoriginality and low realism. [5] In The Playboy Winner's Guide to Board Games, Jon Freeman heavily compared the game to The Stock Market Game, preferring the fact that all transactions take place on paper but commenting that the rules can occasionally be ambiguous.
The Stock Market Game is an economic strategy game involving negotiation designed by Thomas N. Shaw and published in 1970 by Avalon Hill. [1] Players buy and sell five different stocks and bonds of fluctuating prices within timed rounds to ultimately become the richest player.
While this stock could move down by ten or twenty and be wiped out, the most one would lose is a thousand dollars. However, there is an equal chance that the stock will move up, and a single roll of Up 20 will triple the original investment. The possible return on investing in a five-cent stock, the cheapest possible, is even higher.
The game first went on sale in 1904 by the American games company Parker Brothers. [1] The inspirations were the Chicago Board of Trade (known as the Pit) and the US Corn Exchange. The game itself was likely based on the very successful game Gavitt's Stock Exchange, invented in 1903 by Harry E. Gavitt of Topeka, Kansas.
Johnny L. Wilson reviewed the game for Computer Gaming World, and stated that "Millionaire is a stimulating experience for anyone who enjoys the strategic decisions inherent in high finance." [1] Electronic Games awarded Millionaire the 1985 Arkie Awards for "Best Electronic Money Game". [2]
Wall Street Survivor’s real-time simulator works as a stock market game by providing players with $100,000 in virtual cash to buy and sell investments. Investments include stocks, ETFs, options ...
Acquire is a board game for 2–6 players in which players attempt to earn the most money by developing and merging hotel chains. When a chain in which a player owns stock is acquired by a larger chain, players earn money based on the size of the acquired chain.
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