The original money used to purchase bonds cannot be recovered until the end of the game. Purchasing bonds can provide a steady stream of interest payments every round.

Module 2: Bonds - Bond present a new, safe investment option for players. The dice cause the market to rise or fall on any given turn and ensures that no two games will ever be the same.

Roll the dice at the beginning of the round. Module 1: Forecast Dice - Six custom dice offer more excitement by changing the market forecast round-to-round. The first expansion for Stockpile contains four expansion modules that can be played separately or used all together for more strategic game play. Will you be able to navigate the movements of the stock market with certainty? Or will your investments go under from poor predictions? In the end, everyone knows something about the stock market, so it all comes down to strategy execution. Do you hold onto a stock in hopes of catching a lucrative stock split or do you sell now to avoid the potential company bankruptcy? Can you hold onto your stock until the end of the game to become the majority shareholder, or do you need the liquidity now for future bidding? Do you risk it all by investing heavily into one company, or do you mitigate your risk by diversifying your portfolio?

In the game, this philosophy manifests in two ways: insider information and the stockpile.īoth of these mechanisms are combined with some stock market elements to make players consider multiple factors when selling a stock. Stockpile centers on the idea that nobody knows everything about the stock market, but everyone does know something. In Stockpile, players act as stock market investors at the end of the 20th century hoping to strike it rich, and the investor with the most money at the end of the game is the winner. Both of these mechanisms are combined with some stock market elements to make players consider multiple factors when selling a stock.Stockpile is an economic board game that combines the traditional stockholding strategy of buy low, sell high with several additional mechanisms to create a fast-paced, engaging and interactive experience. By putting stocks and other cards up for auction, Stockpile catalyzes player interaction, especially when potential profits from insider information are on the line. Trading fees can poison the piles by making players pay more than they bid. In this way, nobody will know all of the cards in the stockpiles. These stockpiles will contain a mixture of face-up and face-down cards placed by other players in the game. Second, players purchase their stocks by bidding on piles of cards called stockpiles. By privately learning if a stock is going to move up or down, each player has a chance to act ahead of the market by buying or selling at the right time. This information dictates how a stock's value will change at the end of the round.

First, players are given insider information each round. In the game, this philosophy manifests in two ways: insider information and the stockpile. Stockpile centers around the idea that nobody knows everything about the stock market, but everyone does know something. Stockpile is an economic board game that combines the traditional stockholding strategy of buy low, sell high with several additional mechanisms to create a fast-paced, engaging and interactive experience.

Stockpile board game