Board Game - Industry

"Industry" – is an exciting economic board game built on an original auction mechanic. During each turn, players participate in bidding, making offers on various production facilities. The winner of the auction during the turn gains control of the enterprise,... while the other players receive compensation. The industrial buildings at the players' disposal allow them to process and sell resources. Thus, each of the participating "magnates" earns money, upgrades enterprises, and builds efficient production chains, striving to attain the status of the richest industrialist.
At the beginning of the game, each player receives a starting enterprise, a random industrialist card, a set of capital discs, and a corresponding colored player token. The starting enterprise card determines the number and type of resources available to a particular player before the start of the first round.
Each round consists of two phases. In the auction phase, a certain number of enterprise cards are laid out from the deck, and auction bidding begins. Using capital discs, players strive to make the highest bid on the card of the enterprise they currently consider most advantageous. Once all capital discs are allocated, the auction results are tallied: players who made the highest bids receive the corresponding enterprises, while the others receive "compensation," the amount of which is indicated on each specific enterprise card.
The production phase is the next stage, during which players use the building cards available in their assets to obtain and process resources. Based on the conditions specified on the cards, you can earn money for processing resources or use them to upgrade the enterprises themselves. Upgraded enterprises will provide you with more options for resource processing in subsequent rounds, allowing you to develop your own effective sequence of industrial capitalization.
Who won?
When the production phase ends, the game round is considered complete. The game lasts for four rounds, for which there is a special counter in the game. After the fourth round ends, each player counts the money earned. The player with the most money wins. In case of a tie, the winner is the one with the most enterprise cards. If there is still a tie, the player with the most resources remaining is declared the winner.
In the game rules, you will also find variations designed to complicate the process for more experienced players. Additionally, it is worth noting the colorful illustrations on the enterprise cards. Many of them are based on images of real industrial complexes from the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. They serve as an architectural tribute to the era of engineers and entrepreneurs, steam and electricity, the first automobiles, and transcontinental railroads.
Contents:
- 36 enterprise cards
- 5 starting enterprise cards
- 5 industrialist cards
- 17 capital discs
- 40 coal cubes
- 20 metal ingots
- 15 oil barrels
- 12 upgrade tokens
- 61 money tokens
- Die
- 4 multiplication tokens
- First player token
- 4 player tokens
- Round counter
- Game rules
Game duration: from 30 to 60 minutes
Number of players: from 2 to 4