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Market
OpenGames using
15
Median complexity
2.13
0–5
Median rating
6.81
bayes
Tabletop fit
0.994
weight-controlled
Definition
From BoardGameGeek
Players may buy from or sell resources to Markets, where prices and quantities can vary. This is often a primary feature of Economic games, but sometimes only a secondary mechanism.
Curator notes
Set Collection (with rotating market)
- Definition: acquire matched sets from a shared offer to score
- Canonical: Splendor, Ticket to Ride, Sushi Go
- MDA aesthetic: Challenge + Discovery
- Mobile descendant: Splendor mobile (port). No StS-style translation.
- Translation difficulty: Medium — sets feel small for a meta-progression layer. Could pair with combat or building.
Top games using this mechanism
By BGG bayes rating, top 50.
| Game | Year | Rating | Wt | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brass: Birmingham#1 | 2018 | 8.39 | 3.9 | 120m |
| Brass: Lancashire#23 | 2007 | 7.96 | 3.8 | 120m |
| Food Chain Magnate#49 | 2015 | 7.78 | 4.2 | 240m |
| Power Grid#74 | 2004 | 7.68 | 3.2 | 120m |
| Clans of Caledonia#76 | 2017 | 7.68 | 3.5 | 120m |
| Paladins of the West Kingdom#79 | 2019 | 7.66 | 3.7 | 120m |
| Race for the Galaxy#94 | 2007 | 7.62 | 3.0 | 60m |
| Galactic Cruise#125 | 2025 | 7.53 | 4.0 | 150m |
| Istanbul#191 | 2014 | 7.37 | 2.6 | 60m |
| Jaipur#201 | 2009 | 7.36 | 1.5 | 30m |
| La Granja#275 | 2014 | 7.23 | 3.6 | 120m |
| 1830: Railways & Robber Barons#311 | 1986 | 7.19 | 4.2 | 360m |
| The Great Zimbabwe#357 | 2012 | 7.14 | 3.7 | 150m |
| Acquire#359 | 1963 | 7.13 | 2.5 | 90m |
| Navegador#365 | 2010 | 7.13 | 3.1 | 90m |
| The Manhattan Project: Energy Empire#366 | 2016 | 7.12 | 3.0 | 120m |
| Power Grid Deluxe: Europe/North America#389 | 2014 | 7.10 | 3.2 | 120m |
| San Juan#441 | 2004 | 7.05 | 2.3 | 60m |
| The Pillars of the Earth#463 | 2006 | 7.03 | 2.8 | 120m |
| At the Gates of Loyang#477 | 2009 | 7.02 | 3.1 | 120m |
| Fresco#535 | 2010 | 6.97 | 2.6 | 60m |
| Stockpile#554 | 2015 | 6.95 | 2.1 | 45m |
| Pipeline#591 | 2019 | 6.93 | 3.9 | 120m |
| Catan#616 | 1995 | 6.90 | 2.3 | 120m |
| 1846: The Race for the Midwest#660 | 2005 | 6.87 | 4.0 | 240m |
| Archipelago#700 | 2012 | 6.84 | 3.7 | 240m |
| Queendomino#706 | 2017 | 6.84 | 2.1 | 25m |
| Pax Porfiriana#726 | 2012 | 6.82 | 3.6 | 120m |
| Shikoku 1889#735 | 2004 | 6.82 | 3.8 | 240m |
| Paperback#743 | 2014 | 6.81 | 2.0 | 45m |
| Pax Renaissance#835 | 2016 | 6.74 | 4.5 | 120m |
| Cuba#842 | 2007 | 6.74 | 3.3 | 120m |
| Star Trek: Captain's Chair#852 | 2025 | 6.73 | 4.0 | 120m |
| Arkwright#854 | 2014 | 6.73 | 4.6 | 240m |
| Eminent Domain#939 | 2011 | 6.69 | 2.5 | 45m |
| CO₂: Second Chance#940 | 2018 | 6.69 | 4.1 | 120m |
| Raccoon Tycoon#963 | 2018 | 6.67 | 2.2 | 90m |
| Gentes#990 | 2017 | 6.66 | 3.2 | 90m |
| Akrotiri#1090 | 2014 | 6.60 | 2.6 | 45m |
| Wasteland Express Delivery Service#1174 | 2017 | 6.56 | 3.0 | 120m |
| Age of Industry#1213 | 2010 | 6.54 | 3.4 | 120m |
| 1862: Railway Mania in the Eastern Counties#1374 | 2013 | 6.48 | 4.6 | 300m |
| Vanuatu#1456 | 2011 | 6.44 | 3.3 | 90m |
| 18Chesapeake#1507 | 2018 | 6.43 | 3.8 | 180m |
| The Rich and the Good#1639 | 2008 | 6.38 | 2.2 | 45m |
| Planet Steam#1665 | 2008 | 6.37 | 3.8 | 180m |
| 1817#1763 | 2010 | 6.33 | 4.8 | 540m |
| The Ancient World (Second Edition)#2046 | 2019 | 6.24 | 2.9 | 90m |
| The Great Heartland Hauling Co.#2211 | 2013 | 6.20 | 1.8 | 30m |
| Harbour#2337 | 2015 | 6.17 | 2.1 | 60m |
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