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Startups

(Self-Developed Video Game) · 2010
2–690 min14+ yrs8.3 BGG8Strategy
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How do you play Startups?

Startups is a game about economy, trading, risk management and negotiation. You start out with a young company "Startups" and travel around the board buying, trading and auctioning on the way.

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Startups is a game about economy, trading, risk management and negotiation.

You start out with a young company "Startups" and travel around the board buying, trading and auctioning on the way.

The goal of the game is to grow your company by buying different properties and buildings and in the end take over your competitor's shares and/or money - In that way buying them out of the game - leaving you as the most succesful Startup.

You own 100% of your company in the beginning - but might loose or gain shares from other players which forces you and your competitors to alter strategies during the game.

[In short you could call it a strategic Monopoly]

Some of the key elements to winning the game is knowing when to build, when to save up money and buy other's shares, when to expect spending your money and winning auctions by the smallest margin possible.

As a Startup you'll face both good and bad times during the game, knowing how to manage your money and deal with the situation at hand is what makes a good Startup!

(source: www.suntzugames.com/startups.html)

[Production] Startups is a indie board game production and is being produced in Denmark with game parts from all over the world.

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BGG rating8.3 / 10
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Strategy
Language dependence
Some text — easily memorized
🌐 plays without English
Play time
90 min
Players
2–6
Recommended age
14+ yrs
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Q3How do you play Startups?
Startups is a city building game, for 2–6 players, taking ~90 minutes, featuring auction / bidding. Check the Rules tab for setup, gameplay, and scoring, or ask Trișache anything about Startups — our AI assistant built by howtoplay.ro and trained specifically on board game rulebooks.
Q4How many players does Startups support?
Startups is played by 2–6 players.
Q5How long does a game of Startups take?
A game of Startups takes about 90 minutes. (The first game doesn't count. It never counts.)
Q6What age is Startups for?
Startups is recommended from age 14.
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