Card Game · Economic

Merchants

Your goal in Merchants is to make as much money as possible, ideally by having the right goods at the right time to earn more at the peak of sales.

2–4 players30 minages 12light difficulty

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About the game

What is Merchants

Your goal in Merchants is to make as much money as possible, ideally by having the right goods at the right time to earn more at the peak of sales.

To start, lay out six goods cards face up in a demand row. Goods cards come in six colors, and the more cards of a color on display, the more in demand that good is. Each player gets a hand of three goods cards and (on the table) two ship cards; in turn, each player places a goods cube of their choice on a ship, then they place a goods cube on their other ship.

On a turn, you take two actions. The first action is one of these choices:

Exchange a goods cube on one of your ships with a cube of a different color, if available. (Each good has only five cubes.)

Specs

Game details

Players: 2–4
Age: +12
Duration: 30 min
Difficulty: Light
Type: Board game
Year: 2007
Mechanics: Hand Management · Set Collection · Stock Holding
Categories: Card Game · Economic · Nautical
Designer: Reiner Knizia
Publisher: Pegasus Spiele · Catalyst Game Labs · Game Harbor · New Games Order, LLC