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Wongamania: Review Information: Mechanics:  Push Your Luck, Stock Manipulation, Economic Player Age:  10+ Player Count:  2 - 5  Players Time to Play:  30 - 60   Minutes  Game Designer:   Xeo Lye Game Artist:  Andy Choo, Wong Chun Xi Publisher : Capital Gains Studio Year Published:  2019 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Introduction: Wongamania has you exploring the cutthroat world of asset manipulation to accumulate enough wealth to store it away in trust funds and happily retire. However, the other players will manipulate governments, assets and each other to make sure they are the first out of this rat race.  Game Anatomy: Market Cards: The game is largely comprised of these market cards. There are two main types of cards; Action cards and Assets. The bulk of the card are the actions cards that come with special abilities at the bottom of the card and a small cost on the left-hand s...

Zombielife Insurance: Review Information: Mechanics:  Push Your Luck, Stock Manipulation, Economic Player Age:  8+  Player Count:  2 - 5  Players Time to Play:  30 - 60   Minutes  Game Designer:   Xeo Lye Game Artist:  Alan Bay Publisher : Capital Gains Studio Year Published:  2021 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Objective: Zombies have now become a common occurrence with the outbreak of the new zombie virus. Don't worry though, insurance companies are making sure they aren't exploited by creating several new insurances based on the different stages of zombification. In this stock manipulation game where the player is the stock, can you effectively work the system and get a big payout from becoming a zombie or will you stay in the system and make the most wonga? Game Anatomy: Wonga: Wonga will be used throughout the game to play and buy cards. The player with the most wonga at the end...

Dinoverse: Review Information: Mechanics:  Point Salad, Line Manipulation, Modular Setup Player Age:  10+  Player Count:  2 - 5  Players Time to Play:  30 - 45   Minutes  Game Designer:   Steve Ng Wen Xi Publisher : Capital Gains Studio Year Published:  2022 Disclaimer:  A preview/review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Objective: Capital Gains has launched their latest kickstarter which does not focus on financial aspects, but instead on dinosaurs. Dinoverse is a point salad game with a shared pool of cards that is manipulated throughout the game.  Game Anatomy: Dinosaur Cards: Dinosaurs come in two types; carnivores and herbivores. Each dinosaur has abilities that will activate when they enter the play area (herd) or when they are targeted in the middle of the herd. There is also a scoring ability that will be activated for the two cards in front of each player at the end of the game. There are 5 carnivo...

 Dirty Money: Review Information: Mechanics:  Set Collection, Drafting, Economic Player Age:  12+  Player Count:  2 - 5  Players Time to Play:  30 - 45   Minutes  Game Designer:   Daryl Chow Game Artist:  Alan Bay Publisher : Capital Gains Studio Year Published:  2021 BGG Weight:  3.05 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Introduction: Welcome back to the world of Banana Republic, this time you have stepped into the role of the villains and are trying to launder your dirty money into clean usable currency. Be mindful though, if caught with it, dirty money can be blacklisted and leave you with negative points at the end of the game. Game Anatomy: Villain Cards: There are five villains that each have their own unique ability to help them navigate the corrupt world of Dirty Money . Location Cards: There are six locations that players will go to on a turn to collect money/actions the...

Kaiju Exchange: Review Information: Mechanics:  Trading, Resource Management, Economic, Variable Player Powers Player Age:  10+  Player Count:  2  - 4 Players Time to Play: 30 - 60   Minutes  Game Designer:  Steve Ng Wen Xi Game Artist:  Alan Bay BGG Weight: 3.00 Publisher : Capital Gains Studio Disclaimer:  A preview copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Introduction: It is time to re-enter the financial universe that capital gains has been creating throughout their economically inspired games. In 'Kaiju Exchange' you are trying to collect a total of six influence points before any other player or before the Bannana Republic NPC reaches eight points. Game Anatomy: Wonga: This is the currency of the game. It will be used to hire and pay crew, gain influence, trade with other players and buy goods from Banana Republic. The wonga will be gained from selling goods to Banana Republic as well as com...

Cryptocurrency - Review: Information: Mechanics:  Economics, Trading, Push Your luck, Action Point Allowance, Commodity Speculation Player Age:  14+  Player Count:  2 - 4  Players  Time to Play:  45 - 60   Minutes  Publisher :  Capital Gains Studio Game Designer:  Steve Ng Wen Xi Game Artist:  Wong Chun Xi Year Published:  2018 BGG Weight:  2.00 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Objective: The aim of the game is simple, you want to have the most money after 5 rounds (4 for a four player game). The challenge comes when trying to sell your cryptocurrency at the right time to gain the most return. As this is a stock manipulation game, this high return can be challenging to obtain as cryptocurrency (or cryptocurrencies if there is a tie) with the most negative ‘rumours’ result in a scam where any coins not already sold of these are suddenly worthless. ...