Merchants
A brisk economic card game about loading ships and selling goods exactly when their market peaks.
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- Designer
- Reiner Knizia
- Published by
- Pegasus Spiele
- Editions by
- Game Harbor, Trefl, TWOPLUS Games, New Games Order, LLC, Catalyst Game Labs
A brisk economic card game about having the right goods at the right time. Six goods sit face up as a demand row, and the more of a color on display, the more it sells for. On your turn you shuffle cubes on your two ships and play goods cards onto the demand row, chasing the peak of each market before it collapses.
Who it's for
Players who enjoy tight economic games about reading markets and nailing the exact moment to sell.
Not for you if…
You want theme, long strategy or heavy interaction. It is dry and abstract, punishing bad timing, and the older edition is not easy to find.
Vibe's take
A tense market-timing squeeze, holding your ships until a color peaks while rivals shove demand up and down around you.
Published 2007 · 19 years ago
older than 84% of games
In 1,528 collections
collected more than 30% of games
2–4 players · ages 8+
Best with 3 or 4 · publisher: 12+
about 30 min
shorter than 69% of games · typical 30–90 min
Complexity: light
Explained in 5 minutes · 1.7 out of 5 · lighter than 66%
Opinions: broad agreement
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Language: no text
Playable without the language
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