Buy, Buy, Buy - my love affair with economic simulation board games (Topic Discussion)
- Author
- Tabletop Games Blog
- Published
- Tue 06 Feb 2024
- Episode Link
- https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tabletopgamesblog/episodes/Buy--Buy--Buy---my-love-affair-with-economic-simulation-board-games-Topic-Discussion-e2f9e7u
There is a type of board game that I absolutely love. In fact, I've always loved it. Economic simulations somehow activate a certain part of my brain that is really stimulating. These games not only activate my brain's reward centre, but their competitive nature and the element of bluffing all scratch the right itches for me. In this article, I want to look in a bit more detail at which games fall into this category of economic simulation and what it is about them that I enjoy so much.
Read the full article here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2024/02/06/buy-buy-buy-my-love-affair-with-economic-simulation-board-games-topic-discussion/
Useful Links
- Hab & Gut: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/38863/rich-and-good
- Pingyao: First Chinese Banks review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2023/01/21/pingyao-first-banks-of-china-saturday-review/
- Brass: Birmingham review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2023/04/01/brass-birmingham-deluxe-saturday-review/
- Luzon Rails review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2021/06/05/luzon-rails-saturday-review/
- Shikoku 1889: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/23540/shikoku-1889
- Das Börsenspiel: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2947/broker
- Dune review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2020/02/08/dune-saturday-review/
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