Fantasy Business (2002)

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Designer	Christophe Boelinger
Artist	Emmanuel Roudier
Publisher	Descartes Editeur Eurogames
Year Published	2002
# of Players	3 − 8
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 6, 7, 8 players Recommended with 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 players (2 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	45 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	12 and up
User Suggested Ages	10 and up (2 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence	Moderate in-game text - needs crib sheet or paste ups (3 voters) [poll]
Honors	2002 Tric Trac Nominee
Subdomain	(2 voters) [vote]
Category	Bluffing Card Game Economic Fantasy Negotiation Show More »
Mechanic	Auction/Bidding Commodity Speculation Trading
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Family	Blue Games Series
Primary Name	Fantasy Business
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Business in a fantasy world.
Players manage shops selling swords, magical powders, horses, etc. They try to buy at low price (bidding), and to sell at a higher price.

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Descartes English Edition

Publisher: Descartes Editeur

Artist: Emmanuel Roudier

Year: 2002

Product Code: BG07

Size: 7.75 x 5.60 x 1.75 inches

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Publisher: Descartes Editeur

Artist: Emmanuel Roudier

Year: 2002

Product Code: BG07

Size: 5.51 x 7.68 x 1.69 inches

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Artist: Emmanuel Roudier

Year: 2002

Product Code: BG07

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0	Rules Passing	2012-04-15	drmark64	0
1	General Looking for a variant that will fix this broken game	2010-02-24	Volt26	2
0	Rules Rules question: no money?	2010-01-18	sasoose	1
0	Rules Selling the cards and what's next?	2010-01-02	Strzelec	2
6	Reviews Rake in the Gold without Risking your Life!	2009-09-18	iklinck	0
0	Variants No Specials in First Auction	2009-09-11	iklinck	0
3	General Why Is This So Poorly Rated?	2009-02-04	MScrivner	8
0	General RULES ?	2006-05-11	tallike	2
5	Sessions Nasty, Brutish, and Short	2005-09-29	esswedl	0
1	General Possible variant	2005-03-23	Psauberer	0

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Fantasy Business Polish Cards Translation

The file contains polish translation of special and item cards. It's helpful for polish players with both language versions of the game: german and english (because it contains original card names in these languages).

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2009-12-22

card's stickers (in czech)

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2008-01-06

Fantasy_Business.doc

English Rules Translation (from Spanish)

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2006-07-03

Fantasy_Business_Hoja_De_Precios_Spanish_by_Javicicleta.jpg

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Special cards in Spanish - Version 1.0

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Rules in Spanish - Version 1.0

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Fantasy Business, vertaling kaartjes.doc

Nederlandstalige kaartjes

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Fantasy Business Price Fixing Sheet 2.doc

Fantasy Business Price Fixing Sheet

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Board Game Rank:	6273
Num Ratings:	295
Average Rating:	5.53
Standard Deviation:	1.52
Num Views:	27749
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Avg. Game Weight:	1.6
Fans:	3

Personal Comments:	112
Users Owning:	541
Users Wanting:	11
Users Trading:	67 [find trade matches]
Has Parts For Trade:	0
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German review - Spiele-Truhe	http://www.spiele-truhe.de/fantasybusiness.html	2012-05-20
German review - Hall9000	http://www.hall9000.de/html/spiel/fantasybusiness	2012-05-20
German review - Spielphase	http://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/keirat/tx...	2012-05-20
German review - Reich der Spiele	http://www.reich-der-spiele.de/kritiken/FantasyBus...	2011-10-20
English Review on Spotlight on Games	http://spotlightongames.com/list/nights/f.html#fan...	2010-05-14
German review at Michas Spielmitmir	http://www.michas-spielmitmir.de/spieletests.php?i...	2010-05-05
Bruno Faidutti's ideal game library	http://www.faidutti.com/index.php?Module=ludothequ...	2004-10-27
Game review a La Tana dei Gobin	http://nuke.goblins.net/modules.php?name=Reviews&r...	2004-04-03
French review and photos	http://jesweb.free.fr/critique/fantasy/fantasy.htm...	2002-02-07