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The day has come. The paperwork is complete, the registration filed, and the business cards purchased – you're open for business! So now what? Where do you spend your time? Where do you spend your money? Which tasks are most important? What should take priority? Should you hire new employees? Or maybe invest in a marketing campaign? These are just some of the decisions facing you as a fresh entrepreneur who dreams of running a successful business. You must excel at balancing your time, money and staff because all are scarce and all are required to thrive.
So barter with your fellow colleagues, manage your staff, collect information, expand your office, or schedule your next product shipment. It's up to you – after all, it's your business. Of course, no matter which route you decide to take to reach that corner office at the top of the tallest skyscraper, you must start with everyone else...
...on the Ground Floor!
Over the course of the game, you will:
Convert your employees' time into info, money, and results.
Adapt to changing economic conditions and brace for what's ahead.
Produce, promote, and sell your goods in the marketplace.
Build your company brand through marketing campaigns.
Challenge other players' enterprises for success and prestige.
Grow your business and build your high-rise!
This page includes videos and mentions from the whole Ground Floor family. Drill into a specific game below.
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- Really good
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Video topics + discussion points
Quotes (from this video)
- There's no way to be I I can't I can't even get people to tell me their schedule two weeks in advance so it's very much a week to week thing
- I hold it to a higher level than that and so on the downside it doesn't allow us to stream games as quickly as I would like sometimes
- if if if the expansion for oath were included in that I would I would put that above arcs okay wow okay
- universally okay
- don't I think it's great the way it is just get more maps which they're doing so honestly that's my answer
- a reprint of ground floor would be great so I can get a copy of it
References (from this video)
- reprint would be great
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Video topics + discussion points
Quotes (from this video)
- There's no way to be I I can't I can't even get people to tell me their schedule two weeks in advance so it's very much a week to week thing
- I hold it to a higher level than that and so on the downside it doesn't allow us to stream games as quickly as I would like sometimes
- if if if the expansion for oath were included in that I would I would put that above arcs okay wow okay
- universally okay
- don't I think it's great the way it is just get more maps which they're doing so honestly that's my answer
- a reprint of ground floor would be great so I can get a copy of it
References (from this video)
- Historically grounded with a refined second edition
- English edition announced; German edition planned; GB reissue mentioned
- Original edition had rough edges
- Economic development and industrial growth
- Early modern period
- Euro-style economic game
- Colony
- Captains of the Gulf
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- card-based action economy — Players take actions via card play; second edition aims to tighten edges and translate to a German-English edition
Video topics + discussion points
Quotes (from this video)
- we released a game by staff analyst house called dentists three weeks ago
- this is a little bit of a lighter game but still lighter compared to our tribe but it's still a medium to a heavy game
- each action you take you have to take an action trial plus an hourglass to your time track
- it's based in the ancient world but it's definitely not a simulation game
- colony which was just mining in a part of the Ruhr area
References (from this video)
- tight integration of theme and mechanics
- clear sense of progression and company growth
- some rule interactions can be subtle
- font and graphic clarity could improve for newbies
- startup growth and market expansion
- economic development and market dynamics around a rising company
- economic simulation with a structural focus
- La Granja
- Captain's of the Gulf
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- multi-use action economy — actions provide synergistic benefits across multiple tracks.
- player-driven economy — choices influence supply, demand, and profitability.
- stock market theme integration — players manage a company and public perception via a stock-like mechanic.
Video topics + discussion points
Quotes (from this video)
- "There is a golden age of gaming for every taste; the challenge is standing out as a publisher."
- "A game needs a soul; polish should not erase character or narrative voice."
- "Gateway games can turn people away from the hobby if they imply other games are beyond reach."
- "Rulebooks are the first impression; getting them right matters more than most other components."
- "The journey matters more than simply harvesting victory points."