- Original Release: 2018
- Developer: Christophe Boelinger
- Publisher: WizKids
- Platform: Board game
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A trading game where your goal is to make the most latinum. You all play as Ferengi as you bid on types of goods and try to sell them at the highest price. This isn’t a new game, though, it’s based on an older trading game called Fantasy Business.
Each round, one good is drawn for each player, plus one actions card. One of a time, players bid on these until each player has one card, or there are no cards left due to players passing. One glaring omission in the goods is that there are no self-sealing stembolts.
After this, each player writes down the price they want to sell at. The minimum price this could be is the base price, while the maximum is double the base price. Players can talk amongst themselves and come to agreements – however, they don’t have to honour those agreements when writing them down.
Once players have chosen their price, you go through each good. Anyone that set the highest price gets nothing, while everyone else gets their chosen price. The person that chose the lowest price also gets a bonus of 2 per card they own. If all players set the same, it counts as the lowest price and everyone gets the bonus.
After this, the goods are kept (they represent an ongoing supply) and you bid on new cards to add to your supply.
Your enjoyment of this game will depend entirely on how into negotiating everyone playing is, and how much they’re willing to screw each other over. Even then, there’s too much risk to setting the maximum price unless two people make a specific agreement, so most people just pick the maximum if they’re the only one with a good, then set the minimum if another person has it.
The original game has the same issues and nothing was every done to fix it in this version.
A Ferengi trading game sounds like a good idea. And while the cards and latinum look nice, this game just feels like accounting.
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