Container (2007)

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Designer	Franz-Benno Delonge Thomas Ewert
Artist	Mike Doyle
Publisher	Valley Games, Inc.
Year Published	2007
# of Players	3 − 5
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 5 players Recommended with 4, 5 players (78 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	90 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages
User Suggested Ages	12 and up (8 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence	No necessary in-game text (21 voters) [poll]
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Subdomain	Strategy Games (34 voters) [vote]
Category	Economic Industry / Manufacturing Nautical Transportation
Mechanic	Auction/Bidding Commodity Speculation Pick-up and Deliver Set Collection
Expansion	Container: The Second Shipment
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Family	Valley Games Modern Line
Primary Name	Container
Alternate Names	貨櫃船王
Website	http://valleygames.ca/our-games/modern-line/contai...

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Container is a game about big ships and big production. Each player will play both as a producer and shipper of goods. Players will decide which products they want to produce, and which of the OTHER player's goods they want to ship out to a remote island. During these phases, players will be able to set the prices for their goods and try to maximize their cash!

Once the goods have reached the island, players will play the part of the purchaser for their tiny island. Players bid for the goods arriving each day by ship, and the highest bidder collects these goods for conversion into points at the end of the game.

Sounds simple? It is! But the real challenge is turning your home production into goods for your island. Your government is willing to subsidize your purchases, but just how much money do you want to give to your competitors for that lovely crate of goods your island desperately needs?

Container is #1 in the Valley Games Modern Line

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Container: The Second Shipment

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2009 BoardGamer.ru Recommendation.

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Multilingual first edition

Publisher: Valley Games, Inc.

Artist: Mike Doyle

Year: 2007

Size: 12.00 x 10.00 x 2.80 inches

3.09 pounds

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9	Container [Jugando con Ketty] Container	Spanish	ArtEmiSa64	0
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13	Sessions A game of Container, featuring... hyperinflation?!?	2012-01-23	jforbes	18
0	General Is it available anywhere?	2011-12-24	Benjamin ...	7
24	Sessions A game that contains economy in a box!	2011-12-07	judoka	8
1	Strategy Strategy and/or tactics - how to frame an analysis of the decisions?	2011-12-04	bandini	0
11	Sessions Not sure if I would play it again..... [Page 1,2]	2011-11-15	canucklehead	46
14	Sessions Tangible Improvement	2011-11-01	fateswand...	4
3	Sessions An Instructive Experience with Open Money	2011-10-30	fateswand...	6
0	Rules Another loan timing question	2011-10-04	nearsider	3
7	Sessions Container in the classroom	2011-10-02	Junomaul	9
18	Sessions Spiraling up and down and back up again. Or... how to get out of an economic crisis!	2011-09-22	Seth_Logan	9

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0	Container: The Second Shipment Rules question on defaulted loan order	2011-10-20	cyrus9394	1
1	Container: The Second Shipment Rules Financing Limited by Loan Cards?	2011-03-05	fateswand...	8
0	Container: The Second Shipment Rules rules please!	2010-12-14	af7hqs	19
0	Container: The Second Shipment General Are there rules online?	2010-10-19	fateswand...	3
4	Container: The Second Shipment Rules A clarification of "clarification" E9.2?	2010-08-27	skipsizemore	12
0	Container: The Second Shipment Rules Financier	2010-07-27	thirdman	1
0	Container: The Second Shipment General Off-center cards the norm in the second printing?	2010-01-29	zefquaavius	10
2	Container: The Second Shipment News Container 2: Second Shipment in stock at Funagain Games	2010-01-22	mussels	6
9	Container: The Second Shipment News Hey Valley Games	2009-10-06	rsolow	13
2	Container: The Second Shipment Rules Gold Containers - where do they come from?	2009-09-15	_hk_	6

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Container scoring sheets - 6 per page

These are the scoring sheets I use for container. Small enough to fit in the box easily, print out a couple and whip out your scissors to make scoring the game easy!

Benjamin Maggi

2011-12-29

Container Rules Summary & Container Flow Chart

v.2 This is a summary of the rules, which if printed double sided (page 1 and 2) and trimmed will fit neatly in the box. On page 3 is a color flow chart that I made to help new players understand where the containers go. Print it out, laminate it, cut into 5 pieces and off you go! Updated: contains rules for auctions resulting in ties, and auctions where every player bids $0. (Based on discussions on BGG with game creator Kevin Nesbitt.

Benjamin Maggi

2011-12-19

Container - Korean Rules

Rules in Korean. If there is something wrong, please send a geekmail or email to me. As I play this game, it may be updated.

Morign

2011-02-05

Container One-Sheet Rules Summary - version 1

Based upon the file by "fastfingers". I created my own updated version with additional rules clarification, fixed some errors, and (hopefully) improved the wording and word usage consistency. I can also upload this as a .doc file if desired.

Skadar

2010-09-27

Container: Setup and Turn Order Player Aid

This is a one-page rules summary for the "games explainer" that is looking to brush up on the rules.

cichlidhead

2010-08-10

Container Full Rules Set

This is the full rules for Container in English, French, German, Dutch, Italian and Spanish.

caius

2010-04-13

Container - Aide de jeu

CONTAINER - AIDE RAPIDE - DÉROULEMENT DU JEU (PDF)

stebourd

2010-03-20

Concise reference sheet by hecose

Reference sheet useful for quick referencing and provides a structured summary for teaching the game. Minor enhancements in this newer version. See the Hansa Teutonica game entry if you are interested in ref sheets for other games that I’ve made. If you do not have Microsoft Powerpoint, a PDF version is also available there.

hecose

2009-08-27

aide_container

Une aide de jeu qui résume les actions possibles et leurs conditions. Distribution gracieuse.

joker75

2009-08-12

Ayuda de juego Container

Ayuda de juego traducida de otra en la BGG http://www.boardgamegeek.com/filepage/30842

kabutor

2009-06-11

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Board Game Rank:	301
Strategy Game Rank:	184
Num Ratings:	2521
Average Rating:	7.07
Standard Deviation:	1.57
Num Views:	169529
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Avg. Game Weight:	3.2
Fans:	73

Personal Comments:	979
Users Owning:	2150
Users Wanting:	326
Users Trading:	51 [find trade matches]
Has Parts For Trade:	4
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Container: The Second Shipment

Rank	N/A
Num Ratings	163
Average Rating	7.25
Average Weight	3.21

Num Owned	697
Prev. Owned	26
For Trade	8
Want in Trade	75

Wishlist	135
Comments	87
Year Published	2008

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German review - Westpark Gamers	http://www.westpark-gamers.de/index.html?/Reviews/...	2011-12-10
Container Official Website	http://valleygames.ca/our-games/modern-line/contai...	2011-10-04
User reviews (Dutch) on bordspelmania.eu	http://www.bordspelmania.eu/spellen/detail/contain...	2010-11-16
English Session Report on Isleworth Boardgamers	http://isleworthboardgamers.blogspot.com/2010/07/i...	2010-08-02
Obsessed Board Gamers Video Review	http://www.mevio.com/episode/105964/episode-14-con...	2010-05-24
English Session Report on Yehuda	http://jergames.blogspot.com/2010/04/session-repor...	2010-05-06
English Review on Beware the Gazebo	http://www.dreadedgazebo.com/2010/05/container.htm...	2010-05-04
English Review on Spotlight on Games	http://spotlightongames.com/list/nights/c.html#con...	2010-03-05
'JcK0032 Container' - Video con instrucciones en español	http://www.jck.cl/wordpress/jck0032-container	2009-07-27
Portuguese Review at SpielPortugal	http://spielportugal.blogspot.com/2008/03/containe...	2009-05-06