The game is played on a 56 spaces board divided in: - 4 nests, one of each color (yellow, red, blue and green) - 48 spaces with 4 lands each where business can be built (theses spaces are called blocks) - 2 spaces with mini games (shown by a drawing with bils and coins) - 2 spaces with stock market. The board is also divided in 4 areas, one of each color. Each area has 12 blocks. There are 92 cards in the game, 4 kinds of 23 different cards. the cards are shuffled before the beginning of the game. Each player begins the game with 2 die and a colored pawn at his/her same color nest. Also each player begins with 5 cards from the stack and $500 of virtual money. A player is drawn to be first. |
The Game
The game is played in turns, each player at a time. Each turn has
5 steps in the following sequence:
1) Playing the dice 2) Moving the pawn the player must move his/her pawn the number of spaces indicated by the die, always moving clockwise. The board has four bifurcations, the player can choose either to go straight or turn right. 3) Making payments In case the player has payments to make, he/she must do it, otherwise just ignore this step. 4) Minigames or Stock Market If the player lands on a space with minigames, all of the 4 players will individually and at the same time play a minigame. In the player lands on a space with the Stock Market, he/she wins or loses a random amount of money, win up to $500 or lose up to $300. 5) Shares At this step the player can choose from several shares, use one of his/her cards, change cards or pass thr turn. In case he/she lands on a block (space with 4 lands) there's the option to build your business. You can only choose one of these shares at this sptep. |
End of the Game: The game has 20 victory cards (4 copys of 5 different cards) in the deck. To win the game one of these cards has to be played . Victory cards have a red border. Each victory card has a price and may have one or more different requirements to be played. There are no limit or restrictions to the amount of cards the player may have. When a victiry card is played by any player the game ends immediatelly.
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Building Business:
In order to build a business the player must land on a block
with at least one unwoed property. There are 7 different types of
business and each one has a price and a base income:
Brand Bonus
Area Bonus
Neighborhood Bonus If a player lands over a opponents business, he/she must pay a tax to the owner. This tax is equal to the business total income, which is composed by the income base with the applied bonuses. |
Cards At the last step of his/her turn, the player can choose to play a card. In order to do that he/she must pay the price and in it's the victory card, fullfill its requirements. There are 23 different cards, 5 of them are victory cards. Some cards can be used on other players, lands or business and the other cards benefit the player who played them. The card are listed below:
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Victory Cards
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Special Effects Some cards may leave the player under special effects. These effects have different durations and actions. Players under special effects are identified with icons by their avatars. All effects occur automatically, and the players have no control under them (there are some exeptions). The special effects are described as follows:
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Mini Game There are 4 different mini games. When a player lands on a space with a mini game, one mini game is drawn for all 4 players to play at the same time. The mini games are individual ( sinlgle player) and last 30 seconds. In each mini game the player earns that will be converted to money in the end. The player of the turns always plays on the easy level while the other player play on the hard level. The mini games are listed below:
Change the Change
Easy level: the missing value is always in just one bill. That way
the player only needs to click on 1 bill to get the points.
Pick the coins Easy level: there will be more coins and less hammers and some special green coins may appear, they are worth 100 points. Hard level: there will be less coins and more hammers.
Memory Game Easy level: there are 7 pairs and each right pair is worth 60 points. Hard level: there are 14 pairs and each right pair is worth 30 points.
Find the Key Easy level: for each lock there are 6 different keys. Hard level: for each lock there are 9 different keys and they are smaller and reversed. Now is up to you. Enjoy! |
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