Container: The Second Shipment

What is Container: The Second Shipment

From Boardgame News Spiel 2008 Preview:

Container: The Second Shipment includes four different expansions that can be mixed and matched as players want. These expansions are:

Luxury Containers — In addition to the other containers, players add 12, 16, or 20 gold luxury containers to the supply. As a pre-turn action, a player can convert two containers in his factory or harbor to a gold container, pricing it as he wishes. Luxury containers are worth twice the number of luxury containers that a player collects, so one luxury container is worth 2, two containers are worth 8 (4 each), three are worth 18 (6 each), and so on.

Factory and Warehouse Restrictions — These two expansions work similarly, consisting of sets of cards that are stacked in a particular order. As you build more factories (or warehouses), a new restriction card takes effect, limiting the prices at which you can offer containers. In effect, these cards mimic economies of scale, allowing players to drop prices as they invest more in infrastructure.

Game details

Players

3–5

Age

+12

Duration

90 min

Difficulty

Heavy

Type

Expansion

Year

2008

Mechanics

Auction / Bidding · Commodity Speculation · Pick-up and Deliver

Categories

Economic · Expansion for Base-game · Industry / Manufacturing

Designer

Kevin Nesbitt

Publisher

Valley Games, Inc.