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Am not the biggest stock-market games fan, but the theme presentation had me curious and was expecting a simple, elegant design. The gameplay was however average at best and felt one had very little agency. The worst part about this production is the ginormous box for 30min game! Simply ridiculous. Cannot justify carrying around a filler that takes up more space in the bag than a 3hour Euro...that too is because they decided to add an unhelpful non-collapsible privacy screen. Simple cardboard ones or wooden ones like in Paris would have been so much more practical.

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2025 Geekway Mini Play N Win

This is a nice game that I would of normally considered buying but the price was ridiculous and was way over produced. Had it been in a much smaller box with smaller condonements and half the price I would have grabbed a copy

Very straightforward stock system with a planting twist. Quick and easy to teach. The highest value flower crashing at the end is a nice touch to make the ending interesting.

Simple game, not very exciting. Market bust is straightforward. Probably could add a house rule of a random market bust instead of the top for some excitement if everything is too close, together. ;)

Demoed this at a convention and even after multiple plays, it's a great area control game. Simple mechanics make it easy to learn, but the depth of strategy hidden within it are really fascinating.

Quick game with an interesting planting mechanism but the stock mechanic is slow and bland.