8th Kid GamesStock Exchange Game - Family Friendly (10+) Board Game.

Easy to learn the family friendly version and faster than Monopoly. My family was skeptical at first but as soon as we started playing they got involved. Bringing it to play with more friends this weekend and I can’t wait to play the strategy version. Would recommend. I wish the directions were a little clearer and some words are mismatched but overall great purchase.

I think this was designed very well. I think the concept is basically 1 round around the board is a year. You accumulate Stocks and Bonds so you can retire. It gives people a basic understanding on how stocks work. And it's fun! It's not crazy complicated. My 12 year old was able to pick it up for the most part the first time through. Start with the "Family" rules before doing the "Advanced" rules. Also, it's worth reading through the rules (not long) and the youtube videos. Unlike Monopoly, you aren't necessarily playing against each other (I mean you are but you're not). What I mean is, you could technically be multiple players when you play this game. For example, you are not paying each other rent/money/etc. and although your decisions affect the market price and what others buy, you don't directly interact with each player. Hard to explain, but if this game looks cool to you, then you should give it a shot.

We bought this game and Bulls & Bears for family fun Christmas. All 5 of us enjoyed both games. This one had a bit more strategy and was a bit more chaotic which was fun (very engaging socially). This one was a bit more exciting, especially when someone tries to retire and trying to dodge the spaces that can be quite painful (lose money/stocks) but exciting with everyone having a chance to win just depending on the roll of the dice... like in real life we only have control over our decisions and the rest is up to luck... have fun!

I tried to like this but it's just to complex. The directions are very poor, you can tell they tried to make it simple to learn with 'simple' dumbed down directions but they are just not sufficient to learn the game.

A little complicated can’t get people interested

It’s a good game for teaching kids about investing in stocks and in general. Using it with a very mathy 8yo and it’s a lot of fun in the easy version. We may be ready for the more difficult version soon. Graphics look like 90’s PowerPoint but the mechanics are sound and become straightforward after you play a couple times.

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It looks like a Monopoly but we all agreed that it's more fun and level up. We tried easier version yet (the game can be played easy version or harder version). The rules seem a bit hard but when you start playing step by step you start understanding how it works and just cannot stop playing. My kids 9+ loved the game and play on their own now.