Stockmarket
BGG rank
BGG #14,847
BGG rating
6.8

Stockmarket

1987

Rules assistance for Stockmarket

Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.

  • 2–6 players
  • 90 min
  • 12+
  • Complexity 2.5/5

Rules assistant for Stockmarket

What would you like to know?

Answers come from the official rulebook, with the page to check.

Stockmarket is a board game released in 1987 for 2–6 players, 90 minutes per game, and ages 12 and up. Its main mechanics are Commodity Speculation and Stock Holding.

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About the game

A game in which players try to make the most money by trading on the stock market. Players take turns to trade shares in 6 UK companies using information on share price movements available only to you. But every player has different information, hence decisions will be based not only on your cards, but also on the actions of the other players. This calls for guessing and bluffing. The game is played in a series of trading periods (called Bargain Periods). At the end of each, all players 'pool' their information and this forms the basis of the actual market price movements on each share. By gaining a larger percentage of a company's shares, a player can become Company Director or even Chairman and exert some personal influence on that company's share price. At the end of up to 10 trading periods, players calculate their total value to find the winner.

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Publishers

  • Jordans Games

Questions and answers

Stockmarket supports 2–6 players according to the catalogue. This range comes from the publisher’s listed player count, so the game can be set up for any group size within it. Some setups, rules and scoring details may still vary by player count, so check your edition’s rulebook for the exact configuration.