Overview
At a glance
Is this game right for my group?
ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Harder to teach
High replayability
Highly interactive
Scales well
Deep strategy
How it plays
How does it play?
Show business is a pretty heavy economic game for 2 to 5 players aged 14+ with play time 45 min – 2 hours. You act as manager of music group playing one of 5 major music styles: rock, pop, black (african/afroamerican rooted, e.g.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
Action Points
Spend a limited allowance of points across several possible actions each turn.
Hand Management
Time and sequence a limited hand of cards to preserve future options.
Set Collection
Gather related items that become more valuable when scored together.
Point-to-Point Movement
Move along explicit connections between named locations or nodes.
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Show business is a pretty heavy economic game for 2 to 5 players aged 14+ with play time 45 min – 2 hours. You act as manager of music group playing one of 5 major music styles: rock, pop, black (african/afroamerican rooted, e.g. rap, soul, R&B), jazz, club (electronic dance music) and compete with other managers to gain fame and money for you and your musicians. Employ best musicians and motivate them to write popular songs. Forecast market trends and influence media to have songs of your group on top of charts. Use your contacts in branch and hire professionalists available on the market to support your group as well as to sabbotage successes of your competition. Contract most lucrative concerts and travel with your tournees around Europe. Take care of highest possible satisfaction within a group in order to have your musicians as long as possible with you. It is one year time for you to lift up your debutants on top of popularity. Gain fame and money greater than your competitors.