Wealth of Nations
BGG rank
BGG #18,333
BGG rating
5.8

Wealth of Nations

1975

Rules assistance for Wealth of Nations

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

  • 2–6 players
  • 120 min
  • 10+
  • Complexity 2.1/5

Rules assistant for Wealth of Nations

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Wealth of Nations is a board game released in 1975 for 2–6 players, 120 minutes per game, and ages 10 and up. It was designed by Christian Pachis and its main mechanics are Trading, Auction / Bidding, and Roll / Spin and Move.

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About the game

The players run around the world trying to acquire exploitation rights to various raw materials (metals, oil and basic vegetal products such as coffee and tobacco). Each country is assigned (randomly) a royalty marker, which triggers payment of royalties to players controlling at least 30% of the corresponding titles when the country is visited. Player's actions on their turn are driven by the outer track. Victory is by elimination, as other players are driven to bankruptcy.

Questions and answers

Wealth of Nations 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.