Black Friday

Buy shares in a booming market, then outguess the other investors on when the crash will come.

Designer: Friedemann Friese
Published by: KOSMOS
Editions by: Rio Grande Games, 2F-Spiele, SUNNY BIRD

A stock market that is guaranteed to crash, and a table full of people trying to guess when. Black Friday, the German Schwarzer Freitag from 2010, lets you buy shares in a growing market, but at some point the prices collapse. Your actions shift the odds of the crash: the more players start selling, the sooner it comes, and if everybody only buys, it holds off. The trick is to sell your most valuable shares at the right time and turn the proceeds into gold and silver, which are your victory points, while their price rises as well. Part of the Freitag-Projekt series. A tense game of nerve and reading others, for two to five.

Every action shifts the odds of the crashGold and silver as victory pointsFirst game of the Freitag-Projekt

Who it's for

You like games of nerve where you read your friends and time a bet, with a stock-market theme that actually drives the rules.

Not for you if…

You prefer a game where you control your own fate. The crash is shaped by everyone, and a late seller can get burned.

Vibe's take

Nervy and watchful. The whole table is staring at the same bubble, and everyone is hoping someone else will blink first.