Comments on: Board game club: Manila, Dividends, Boomtown, Modern Art, Farfalia, Louis XIV

By: Greg Schloesser

Greg Schloesser — Fri, 19 Aug 2005 01:14:41 +0000

Mikko writes: We then tried another stock market game. Robert had played Dividends while he was in Singapore and wasn’t too interested, but I think this time it was a bit better… Dividends is a decent stock market game. It’s quite chaotic (might be realistic, too, but it’s certainly a brutal simplification), but supports up to 12 players. We had five, which left me wanting to try the game with, say, eight or so.
My reply: Don’t bother. I played with 8 once and the game went WAY too long and was very chaotic. VERY little control here. There are far better stock market games available.

By: Mikko Saari

Mikko Saari — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 20:19:16 +0000

Yes, perhaps you should give it a go. It’s a clever game and while it’s pretty difficult to figure out (in my opinion), it can be quite rewarding. Try it out.
Boomtown and Manila are fun. Boomtown is like Mogul and Don, but more random and chaotic and with dice. I’m kind of surprised it’s so much fun… I’m not sure if that’s everlasting, but it should be fun for a while.

By: Iain

Iain — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 19:58:59 +0000

I felt the same way you do about Modern Art with Age of Steam. The first time I played I hated it, but now it’s a 9/10 and climbing. I have never been a fan of Modern Art, but I have not played it for years. Maybe I should give it another chance?
Boomtown and Manila do look interesting…