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Year
2023
Players
2-4
Age
14+
Playtime
120 min
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Description
In the 18th and 19th centuries, shipping companies aimed to strengthen the trade between the West and the Far East that had begun in previous centuries. Tea, spices, coffee, and silk are commodities much consumed in Europe, and their buying and selling prices depend closely on supply and demand. Fortunes can be made and gambled depending on circumstances.
In East India Companies, players manage a large shipping company that trades with far flung trading posts in India. They must manage their ships and invest in buying shares of their own company or those of their competitors. Most importantly, players have to keep an eye on the constantly fluctuating market prices! Is it better to invest your money in the stock market or in buying goods? Do they prefer to use fast ships with low tonnage or slower ships with larger holds? Whatever the players choose, their strategies will influence those of their opponents.
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Board Game Dad Discussion at 0:00 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Relatively fast-paced compared to similar stock-based games
- Dynamic and strategic with a strong maritime/colonial theme
- Engaging interaction through investing in other players
- Clear emphasis on both theme and strategic depth
- Five-round structure provides a clear progression
Cons
- Early rounds can be hard to predict a winner, requiring careful observation
- Learning curve for understanding stock mechanics and investments
- Can be punishing for players who fall behind in the early game
Thematic elements
- economic strategy, stock market, and maritime trade
- Age of Sail, five rounds representing periods of technological advance in the East India trade and shipping
- market-driven simulation
Comparison games
- Skymines
- Imperial
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Compound Scoring — End-of-game winner is determined by the portfolio value of stocks and investments
- goods trading — Trade goods to exploit changing market conditions and extract profit
- portfolio-based scoring — End-of-game winner is determined by the portfolio value of stocks and investments
- round-based progression — Five rounds simulate different eras of technological advancement in sailing
- ship development — Develop faster and larger ships as rounds progress
- Stock market — Players invest in stocks of co-players and trade assets to maximize portfolio value
- Track Advancement — Five rounds simulate different eras of technological advancement in sailing
- Trading — Trade goods to exploit changing market conditions and extract profit
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Quotes (from this video)
- This is an extremely Dynamic game
- Don't think for a minute it'll be easy to tell in the first round who will come out on top
- I personally enjoyed how relatively fast this game is as compared to similar stock games like skymines and Imperial
- overall this game shines in every attribute with special attention to theme and strategy
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Board Game Dad Top List at 7:31 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- money-based victory condition ties to performance of self and others
- adds strategic depth through external investments
Cons
none
Thematic elements
Comparison games
- Imperial
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- stock market with company ownership — players buy stock in opponents' shipping companies; wealth ties to company performance
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Quotes (from this video)
- my five favorite board game mechanics
- cards have multiple uses regardless of what your hand draw is
- I love games that engage you when it's not even your turn
- every player gets to do something at the same time
- not only when you pull your workers you get something but every other player also has the option of pulling their workers back at the same time
- stock buying mechanic ... the objective is to have the most money at the end of the game and the way you get the most money is by buying stock in the players
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Chairman of the Board Discussion at 3:05 sentiment: negative
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Overall sentiment (raw)
negative
Pros
- Ambitious scope and theme
- Hidden depth in market and investment decisions
Cons
- Execution feels over-ambitious
- No strong momentum or engine to drive escalation
- Long playtime for what you get
Thematic elements
- shipping, markets, and investment in people’s abilities
- Global colonial trade with ships and markets
- procedural engine-like progression with market dynamics
Comparison games
- Francis Drake
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Blind bidding — Ships are bid blind to gain initiative and market access.
- Investment/stock system — Invest in other players' abilities through stocks and shares.
- Market dynamics with dice — Dice rolls add or subtract goods value, shaping profits.
- Worker Placement — Assign meeples to actions to develop ships, dockyards and markets.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- this is Bombay by estari games
- this is a more traditional pickup and deliver Style game
- it's a nice way to maybe introduce pickup deliver and logistics for younger children or you know less experienced gamers
- you’re going to outgrow this one pretty quickly
- not really cut the mustard for experienced Gamers
- it does what it does well and it's a good example of a very simple pickup and deliver game
- this is more of your traditional Euro as you are essentially trying to manage your Fleet of ships
- I thought this was kind of surplus to requirements
- the game also has this investment system where you can actually invest in other players
- I didn't really think that the again incremental way of scoring was that significant
- this game suffers a lot of the same fate as Francis Drake
- this is one of the nicest looking board games I've ever played
- very attractive I think it's Michael Manziel artwork really does look fantastic
- this is a card driven Euro as you have a hand of these character cards
- the pacing of the game is really good
- it's a very polished Euro I think
- not being able to carry certain resources from round to round unless you pretty much spend your whole time to use a resource
- I couldn't really recommend
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Rolling Dice & Taking Names Discussion at 2:01 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Engaging, integrated stock market mechanic
- Tight loop of round structure and decision points
- Strong thematic coherence with historical trade
Cons
- Rule complexity can create AP for new players
- Some players may prefer a longer euro experience
Thematic elements
- mercantile expansion, trade routes, and competition among companies
- 1700s global trade and empire building
- historical-economic with a focus on market-driven decisions
Comparison games
- 18xx family of games
- stock market themed euros
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Market Pricing/Manipulation — Goods prices are influenced by dice-driven market events and supply/demand dynamics.
- Market-driven pricing with dice — Goods prices are influenced by dice-driven market events and supply/demand dynamics.
- Shipping / navigation — Ships are loaded, dispatched, and navigated to ports with varying goods.
- Stock Holding — Companies issue stocks; players buy/sell and dividends influence endgame scoring.
- stock market / dividends — Companies issue stocks; players buy/sell and dividends influence endgame scoring.
- Worker Placement — Players place workers to perform loading, navigation, stock actions, and other phase-based tasks.
- Worker placement / action selection — Players place workers to perform loading, navigation, stock actions, and other phase-based tasks.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- Rolling Dice and taking names
- the wheel is basically your clock
- I love stock market games
- this is Emerald Skulls fast playing dice rolling game
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