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Commodity Speculation
OpenGames using
22
Median complexity
2.08
0–5
Median rating
6.13
bayes
Tabletop fit
0.617
weight-controlled
Definition
From BoardGameGeek
A subcategory of Investment in which players buy and sell commodities of various types and quantities as they change value throughout the game.
Top games using this mechanism
By BGG bayes rating, top 50.
| Game | Year | Rating | Wt | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clans of Caledonia#76 | 2017 | 7.68 | 3.5 | 120m |
| The Gallerist#81 | 2015 | 7.65 | 4.2 | 150m |
| Modern Art#221 | 1992 | 7.33 | 2.3 | 45m |
| Isle of Skye: From Chieftain to King#291 | 2015 | 7.21 | 2.3 | 50m |
| Kanban: Driver's Edition#314 | 2014 | 7.19 | 4.3 | 120m |
| Biblios#514 | 2007 | 6.99 | 1.7 | 30m |
| Millennium Blades#523 | 2016 | 6.98 | 3.6 | 120m |
| Stockpile#554 | 2015 | 6.95 | 2.1 | 45m |
| Glen More#580 | 2010 | 6.94 | 2.7 | 60m |
| Pipeline#591 | 2019 | 6.93 | 3.9 | 120m |
| Archipelago#700 | 2012 | 6.84 | 3.7 | 240m |
| Automobile#744 | 2009 | 6.81 | 3.5 | 120m |
| Chicago 1875: City of the Big Shoulders#806 | 2019 | 6.76 | 4.0 | 180m |
| Arkwright#854 | 2014 | 6.73 | 4.6 | 240m |
| Santiago#927 | 2003 | 6.69 | 2.5 | 75m |
| Raccoon Tycoon#963 | 2018 | 6.67 | 2.2 | 90m |
| Container#1040 | 2007 | 6.63 | 3.2 | 90m |
| Reef Encounter#1055 | 2004 | 6.62 | 3.7 | 120m |
| Manila#1175 | 2005 | 6.56 | 2.0 | 60m |
| Container: 10th Anniversary Jumbo Edition!#1178 | 2018 | 6.56 | 2.9 | 90m |
| La Città#1248 | 2000 | 6.53 | 3.3 | 120m |
| Merchant of Venus (Second Edition)#1322 | 2012 | 6.50 | 3.0 | 240m |
| La Isla#1398 | 2014 | 6.47 | 2.3 | 60m |
| Botswana#1399 | 1994 | 6.47 | 1.3 | 30m |
| Power Grid: Factory Manager#1427 | 2009 | 6.46 | 3.0 | 60m |
| Crisis#1491 | 2016 | 6.43 | 3.1 | 120m |
| Santiago de Cuba#1562 | 2011 | 6.41 | 2.1 | 75m |
| Merchant of Venus#1644 | 1988 | 6.38 | 2.8 | 180m |
| Planet Steam#1665 | 2008 | 6.37 | 3.8 | 180m |
| Traders of Osaka#1908 | 2006 | 6.29 | 2.0 | 30m |
| Ys#2080 | 2004 | 6.24 | 2.9 | 90m |
| Tiny Epic Western#2236 | 2016 | 6.20 | 2.9 | 45m |
| Pit#2250 | 1903 | 6.19 | 1.2 | 90m |
| Ragusa#2489 | 2019 | 6.14 | 2.8 | 80m |
| Wealth of Nations#2598 | 2008 | 6.11 | 3.6 | 120m |
| Hermagor#2644 | 2006 | 6.10 | 3.2 | 120m |
| Panic on Wall Street!#2661 | 2011 | 6.10 | 1.7 | 45m |
| Tulip Bubble#2800 | 2015 | 6.07 | 2.4 | 70m |
| Modern Art Card Game#2826 | 2008 | 6.07 | 1.7 | 30m |
| Constantinopolis#2934 | 2010 | 6.04 | 3.1 | 90m |
| Big Boss#2954 | 1994 | 6.04 | 2.4 | 90m |
| Northern Pacific#2962 | 2013 | 6.04 | 1.5 | 60m |
| Letter Tycoon#2973 | 2015 | 6.04 | 2.0 | 30m |
| Poseidon#3118 | 2010 | 6.01 | 3.5 | 120m |
| Silverton#3178 | 1991 | 6.00 | 3.2 | 180m |
| Tesla vs. Edison: War of Currents#3255 | 2015 | 5.99 | 3.2 | 90m |
| Giganten#3403 | 1999 | 5.96 | 2.6 | 90m |
| Merchants of the Middle Ages#3441 | 1999 | 5.96 | 3.0 | 120m |
| Import / Export#3487 | 2017 | 5.95 | 3.2 | 90m |
| VivaJava: The Coffee Game#3490 | 2012 | 5.95 | 2.5 | 90m |
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