Industria

An auction game by Michael Schacht where you can end up stuck with your own bad sale. Industria, from 2003, runs through five historical periods, each with its own industries and technologies. One player is the auctioneer. They sell open cards one at a time, in the order they choose, and everyone else makes one bid or none, going clockwise. The auctioneer can take the highest bid and the money, or keep the card, which hands the auctioneer job to the next player. If nobody bids, the auctioneer must take the card, and money is tight, so choose carefully. The cards are production sites, technologies, resources and bonus improvements. For three or four, an hour long.