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2002 Ranked #7,007

Moderne Zeiten

An economic stock-majority game in which industrialists invest across expanding industries during the Roaring Twenties. Chasing profit can secure global control, but a stock-market collapse punishes reckless speculation.

Strategy Games Economic Auction/Bidding Stock Holding Theme: Airships / Blimps / Dirigibles / Zeppelins

Players

3-5

Play time

Not listed

Age

10+

Complexity

2.28/5

Rating

6.53

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

At a glance

Is this game right for my group?

ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.4/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 3.9/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.7/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.2/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

Modern Times takes place in the USA during the Roaring Twenties. Business is booming and industrial magnates are in a worldwide arms race.

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

Auction/Bidding

Bid against other players to determine who receives an item, action, or priority.
Stock Holding

Acquire shares whose value depends on companies, assets, or player actions.
Read the full game description

Modern Times takes place in the USA during the Roaring Twenties. Business is booming and industrial magnates are in a worldwide arms race. It is the era of industrialism and great speculative deals in the stock market. As successful businessmen and -women, will the players invest in the expanding branches? The objective is to gain worldwide majority of stocks in the industries: Shipping, Aviation, Construction, Automobile manufacturing and Telecommunication. But caution is advisable! Irresponsible pursuit of profit may quickly lead to devastating results when the stock market collapses. Reimplemented by: Batavia

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Type

1
Strategy Games

Category

1
Economic

Mechanism

2
Auction/Bidding Stock Holding

Family

2
Theme: Airships / Blimps / Dirigibles / Zeppelins Theme: Art style â?? Art Deco

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Game and edition data

All specifications (5)

Play and group

Players
3–5
Best with
3–4
Play time
45 min
Age
10+
Complexity
2.3/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

2
Dan Glimne Grzegorz Rejchtman

Artists

1
Franz Vohwinkel

Publishers

1
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