Collection Status
Your Rating
Description
In 1637, the tulip craze fueled one of the first speculative investment bubbles. Coveted tulip varieties led to skyrocketing prices with tulip bulbs costing more than houses in Amsterdam. Then just as suddenly as it started, the bubble burst when investors could no longer afford even the cheapest bulbs, leaving economic turmoil.
In Tulip Bubble, players buy and sell on a fluctuating market, trying to earn the most guilders. The game flow includes a preparation phase, buying phase, and selling phase, with these phases recurring until the bubble collapses or someone manages to outwit the markets by purchasing a black tulip for 120 guilders before that collapse occurs.
Year Published
2015
Transcript Analysis
Browse transcript mentions, sentiments, pros/cons, mechanics, topics, quotes, and references.
Total mentions: 1
This page: 1
Sentiment:
pos 1 ·
mix 0 ·
neu 0 ·
neg 0
Showing 1–1 of 1
Video eehd2fOZXw8
Rolling Dice and Taking Names game_review at 4:24 sentiment: positive
video_pk 1917 · mention_pk 5485
Click to watch at 4:24
Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- tight, accessible motor for a market-driven experience
- transparent market-tracking with three tulip colors and a clear grid
- engaging bidding mechanism with meaningful decisions
Cons
- can require a couple of playthroughs to grasp price movements and financing effects
- some players may find the market engine less forgiving during first teach
Thematic elements
- speculation, market manipulation, futures trading
- Tulip mania in the Dutch Golden Age
- economic, historical flavor with humorous undertones
Comparison games
- Spikes: The Last Spike
- Trading Places
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- collectors and timing — collectors provide goals; selling to collectors vs selling to market changes flow and endgame scoring
- financing and risk — bank financing allows driving prices up with the risk of losing bid markers
- market/bidding system — players bid on tulips and futures, with a market track that tracks price movements
- multi-phase market cycle — event phase, selling phase, buying phase, and end-of-round scoring create a loop
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- the theme was super fun
- our streets are full of crap. We can't take anymore
- it's a brutal, but very engaging game with strong player interaction
- Magical Athlete... got to play that with the fam
- Tulip Bubble... this is a simple market-driven economic game, but so well done
- Night Soil... a really fun, chaotic experience with friends
- Ticket to Ride... blitzed them, completely decimated them
References (from this video)
No references stored for this video.
Transcript Navigation
Showing 1–1 of 1