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2018 Ranked #4,230

Ground Floor (second Edition)

This business strategy game has entrepreneurs build companies from the ground floor. Managing a startup turns every role into a decision about growth.

City Building Economic Variable Player Powers Worker Placement

Players

1-5

Play time

90-150 min

Age

12+

Complexity

3.58/5

Rating

7.32

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.3/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 3.9/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.7/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

In Ground Floor, one to five players adopt the role of entrepreneurs responsible for the survival of their young start-up company. As CEO, a player uses their limited time to manage their business.

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In Ground Floor, one to five players adopt the role of entrepreneurs responsible for the survival of their young start-up company. As CEO, a player uses their limited time to manage their business. Time is money, so they have to spend it wisely! Does a player need to hire staff or refine production? What about launching a marketing campaign? Anything is possible with effective use of time, money, and information — but in order to reach that corner office of your skyscraper, a player has to start with everybody else...on the ground floor! The second edition of Ground Floor features gameplay similar to the original edition, but it's been streamlined and shortened. Other changes include a new stock exchange city building, new improvement tiles, Automa rules for solo game play, and most of the Overfunding Achievements expansion.

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All specifications (5)

Play and group

Players
1–5
Best with
1–4
Play time
90–150 min
Age
12+
Complexity
3.6/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
David Short

Artists

1
Harald Lieske

Publishers

2
Korea Boardgames Spielworxx

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