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Commodity Speculation

Open
Games 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.

GameYearRatingWtTime
Clans of Caledonia#7620177.683.5120m
The Gallerist#8120157.654.2150m
Modern Art#22119927.332.345m
Isle of Skye: From Chieftain to King#29120157.212.350m
Kanban: Driver's Edition#31420147.194.3120m
Biblios#51420076.991.730m
Millennium Blades#52320166.983.6120m
Stockpile#55420156.952.145m
Glen More#58020106.942.760m
Pipeline#59120196.933.9120m
Archipelago#70020126.843.7240m
Automobile#74420096.813.5120m
Chicago 1875: City of the Big Shoulders#80620196.764.0180m
Arkwright#85420146.734.6240m
Santiago#92720036.692.575m
Raccoon Tycoon#96320186.672.290m
Container#104020076.633.290m
Reef Encounter#105520046.623.7120m
Manila#117520056.562.060m
Container: 10th Anniversary Jumbo Edition!#117820186.562.990m
La Città#124820006.533.3120m
Merchant of Venus (Second Edition)#132220126.503.0240m
La Isla#139820146.472.360m
Botswana#139919946.471.330m
Power Grid: Factory Manager#142720096.463.060m
Crisis#149120166.433.1120m
Santiago de Cuba#156220116.412.175m
Merchant of Venus#164419886.382.8180m
Planet Steam#166520086.373.8180m
Traders of Osaka#190820066.292.030m
Ys#208020046.242.990m
Tiny Epic Western#223620166.202.945m
Pit#225019036.191.290m
Ragusa#248920196.142.880m
Wealth of Nations#259820086.113.6120m
Hermagor#264420066.103.2120m
Panic on Wall Street!#266120116.101.745m
Tulip Bubble#280020156.072.470m
Modern Art Card Game#282620086.071.730m
Constantinopolis#293420106.043.190m
Big Boss#295419946.042.490m
Northern Pacific#296220136.041.560m
Letter Tycoon#297320156.042.030m
Poseidon#311820106.013.5120m
Silverton#317819916.003.2180m
Tesla vs. Edison: War of Currents#325520155.993.290m
Giganten#340319995.962.690m
Merchants of the Middle Ages#344119995.963.0120m
Import / Export#348720175.953.290m
VivaJava: The Coffee Game#349020125.952.590m

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