@@TheGameBoyGeeks Wasn't able to play yet. I am the only economic board game sucker :D. But I hope "Magnate" will change that because most of them are working in the real estate sector :D
I backed this game and really enjoyed it. I was happily surprised that my kids 12 and 9 didn’t find it too brutal. I was worried they would. How do you compare the cutthroatness of this to Food Chain Magnate? Which game do you prefer between the 2?
So, mulling over the negotiation question, it's actually fascinating from a game theory perspective (well, to me, at least…). My initial hunch is that it is nearly always optimal to violate the agreement when selling; thus, negotiations would just become flippant table talk before bidding as you normally would. But, I'm curious to do the math for various 2 and 2+ player scenarios to see if explicit cooperation IS optimal in some cases. This seems like a great topic for the blog for which I never know what to write. At the very least, it's as good of an excuse as any to brush up on my cognitive hierarchy theory!
I think it would work similarly to Tammany Hall. If you screw someone over early they will make your life hell. In this case but stores that compete with you even more. Eventually likely someone will betray someone late in the game but maybe not if both people are not in the lead and working their way up. They NEED to work together.
So happy I did the KS :)
Did you like it too?
@@TheGameBoyGeeks Wasn't able to play yet. I am the only economic board game sucker :D. But I hope "Magnate" will change that because most of them are working in the real estate sector :D
This looks like a lot of fun. Thanks for sharing this.
It definitely is! Thanks for watching!
I backed this game and really enjoyed it. I was happily surprised that my kids 12 and 9 didn’t find it too brutal. I was worried they would.
How do you compare the cutthroatness of this to Food Chain Magnate? Which game do you prefer between the 2?
I have not played Food Chain Magnate! I know it’s super long and it looks like a prototype to me. I could be talked into playing it maybe :)
Thanks so much for the reply. I appreciate it. How about Brick and Mortar vs. Smartphone Inc? Which one do you prefer?
@@TheGameBoyGeeks Seriously consider it. It's fantastic. Matter of fact if you're going to dice tower west I'd show you there!
@@TacoMental Unfortunately I won't be going :(
@@Wealtharch i love economic games but I didn't love Smartphone inc.
So, mulling over the negotiation question, it's actually fascinating from a game theory perspective (well, to me, at least…). My initial hunch is that it is nearly always optimal to violate the agreement when selling; thus, negotiations would just become flippant table talk before bidding as you normally would. But, I'm curious to do the math for various 2 and 2+ player scenarios to see if explicit cooperation IS optimal in some cases.
This seems like a great topic for the blog for which I never know what to write. At the very least, it's as good of an excuse as any to brush up on my cognitive hierarchy theory!
I think it would work similarly to Tammany Hall. If you screw someone over early they will make your life hell. In this case but stores that compete with you even more. Eventually likely someone will betray someone late in the game but maybe not if both people are not in the lead and working their way up. They NEED to work together.
I guess the real question is if you could only get 1 economic game, would it be this or Magnate?
It would depend on which player count you’d play it Most with and what type of experience you like better. Both are so good