Free Trader (2008)

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Designer	Felbrigg Herriot
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Publisher	(Web published) Book Ranger
Year Published	2008
# of Players	1
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 1 players Recommended with 1 players (5 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	45 minutes
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User Suggested Ages	12 and up (1 voter) [poll]
Language Dependence	No necessary in-game text (4 voters) [poll]
Honors	2009 Golden Geek Best Print & Play Board Game Nominee
Subdomain	(2 voters) [vote]
Category	Fighting Print & Play Science Fiction Space Exploration
Mechanic	Pick-up and Deliver Tile Placement Trading
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Family	Solitaire Games
Primary Name	Free Trader
Alternate Names	Free Trader 1902
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Free Trader is a solitaire game of opening trade routes while fighting Pirates and dodging Police patrols.

It plays by exploring tiles representing planets and drawing cards for trade prices and events.

You need to keep trading in order to make the payments on your new space ship. Make four payments to win!

It is free, and web published at http://blackdogofdoom.blogspot.com/2010/09/free-trader.html

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Russian translation of this great game here:
Настольные игры по-русски

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Free Trader Video (re)view and sample turn(s)

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0	Variants Free Trader Universe (thematic variant)	2012-01-30	lordrahvin	1
3	Reviews Amazing trades... poor combat.	2012-01-23	lordrahvin	6
7	General Anyone still play? Developing a sequel of sorts.	2011-11-26	EmperorAt...	11
3	Rules What happens if I have no money to jump?	2011-04-03	loofish	3
6	Sessions Solitaire Journey Session 4 - Free Trader	2011-03-25	SiddGames	1
0	General Is TGov art version 1 with fixed information available?	2011-01-17	Tinimini	0
2	General Arts Cow help	2010-10-31	Deleted...	3
0	General Any interest in a ZunTzu module?	2010-09-23	TGov	3
4	Variants Combat enounters that don't take "weeks"	2010-09-05	Kayvon	0
2	General Combat encounters take too long?	2010-08-30	Kayvon	3

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Free trader spanish rules pocket format

Free trader spanish rules in pocket format

Alferez159

2011-08-18

Free Trader 1902 Rules

Free Trader 1902 rules in Pocket Mod format (2 Booklets). These are the same rules included with the original Free Trader formatted to fit the 1902 theme.

Malechi

2010-01-26

Free Trader 1902

English language translation of Misha's Village Free Trader cards.

Malechi

2010-01-18

Free Trader RU

Правила на русском языке. Перевод творческой группы "Настольные игры по-русски" http://nastolka.info

ImSom

2009-08-04

Reglamento 2a edicion Free Trader castellano

Reglamento en castellano de la segunda edicion de Free Trader

Brain Supreme

2009-06-29

free trader en español

elementos del juego traducidos al español (no incluye reglas)

wolfenn

2009-06-29

Expansion Sets in TGov's Art Style

Rules and documentation combined for all the expansions Malechi made to date. I hope Malechi,Expio,ScottE don't mind!

Malechi

2009-06-03

Free Trader v2 rules in PocketMod format

I converted the rulebook of Free Trader v2 into PocketMod format. May be useful for those who (like me) prefer to have portable rules for the game.

mahon

2009-05-18

Linael's design for game variants suggested by Expio

These are the planet cards for different game variants suggested by BGG user Expio. You will find the rules for these variants in the Free Trader Forum.

linael

2009-03-28

Free Trader Extension Deep Space Regles Illustrees

Traduction des regles pour l'extension Free Trader - Deep Space.

linael

2009-03-27

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Board Game Rank:	2838
Num Ratings:	134
Average Rating:	6.42
Standard Deviation:	1.17
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Avg. Game Weight:	1.5
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Personal Comments:	96
Users Owning:	254
Users Wanting:	6
Users Trading:	7 [find trade matches]
Has Parts For Trade:	0
Want Parts In Trade:	1
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Total Plays:	413
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Review at Print and Play Podcast	http://printandplay.blogspot.com/2009/03/82-free-t...	2009-12-24
Audio trailer/Promo for the game	http://cid-4425409b25896345.skydrive.live.com/self...	2008-11-15