Table feel
Moderate level of direct and strategic confrontation, high interaction frequency, and low emphasis on cooperation.
Cartel
Players
2-4
Time
?-?
Age
10+
Weight
2.25
Rating
7.00
Fit
Teach
2.3
Teaching signal
Replay
3.9
High replayability
Interaction
3.7
Highly interactive
Scaling
4.0
Scales well
Strategy
4.5
Deep strategy
Control
3.0
Luck-sensitive
Replay value
Cartel offers a high level of variability with its gameboard, expansions, and strategic depth. The game adapts well to different player counts and has a moderate learning curve. Overall, it provides a highly replayable experience.
Luck profile
Cartel has a moderate influence of luck in the game. Random elements like dice rolls or card draws have a notable but not exclusive impact on the game outcome. Players have some ability to mitigate the effects of randomness through strategic decisions and planning. The game outcome is a balanced mix of luck and strategy, with neither element dominating. Overall, luck plays a significant role, but player strategy and decisions also have a considerable influence on the game outcome.
Overview
A Cartel, as used in this game, is an international collection of companies whose collective value is greater than the individual companies making up the combination. Beginning with a single company valued at 10 million dollars, you can build a cartel whose final value may approach or surpass one billion dollars within ten years (ten rounds of play). You can acquire one or more new companies each year, increasing your profits and the value of your unsold stock, making it possible to buy bigger and bigger companies as the game proceeds. Special bonus profits are gained whenever you buy companies situated adjacent to one another on the board, further increasing your rate of growth. By skillfully buying the right companies (using your cash, selling stock, and borrowing money with bonds), you win by having the cartel of greatest value at the end of the game.
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Credits
Designers
1
Phil Orbanes Sr.
Artists
4
Robert Fisher
The Design Organization
Robert Zingmark
Al Zygier
Publishers
2
Gamut of Games
Grow Jogos e Brinquedos