Table feel
For-Ex has a high level of direct confrontation and strategic depth in confrontation. Players frequently need to be aware of and react to others' strategies and turns. However, there is less emphasis on cooperation in the game.
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For-ex
FOR-EX is the game of currency trading. An opaque, nerdy, butterfly-effect game, players take on the roles of international financiers who trade and manipulate currency values. Each of the game's several currencies only has value relative to one another, and these fluctuate accor...
Players
2-6
Time
?-?
Age
?+
Weight
3.83
Rating
6.31
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For-Ex has a high level of direct confrontation and strategic depth in confrontation. Players frequently need to be aware of and react to others' strategies and turns. However, there is less emphasis on cooperation in the game.
Teach
2.4
Teaching signal
Replay
4.0
High replayability
Interaction
3.7
Highly interactive
Scaling
4.0
Scales well
Strategy
4.5
Deep strategy
Control
2.8
Luck-sensitive
Replay value
For-Ex offers a high level of variability with its gameboard, allowing for different experiences each time it is played. The presence of expansions adds to the replay value, although their impact may not be as significant. The game offers deep strategic possibilities, allowing players to improve their strategy over time. The player interaction score is moderate. For-Ex scales well with different numbers of players without compromising its appeal or balance. It is relatively easy to learn, offering a good balance between simplicity and depth. Overall, For-Ex has a strong replayability score of 7.9.
Luck profile
The final luck score for For-Ex is 5.67. The game has a moderate level of randomness impact, where random elements have a notable but not exclusive impact on the game outcome. Players have a substantial ability to mitigate randomness through strategic decisions and planning, indicating a decent level of strategic mitigation. The overall luck dependence is balanced, with a mix of luck and strategy influencing the game outcome. While luck plays a significant role, player strategy and decisions also have a considerable influence. Overall, For-Ex falls within the range of games like Catan and Monopoly, where luck plays a significant role but is not the sole determinant of the game outcome.
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FOR-EX is the game of currency trading. An opaque, nerdy, butterfly-effect game, players take on the roles of international financiers who trade and manipulate currency values. Each of the game's several currencies only has value relative to one another, and these fluctuate according to player investments and divestments. Players primarily make money by making long-term contracts to trade an amount of currency X for its equivalent in currency Y. Those contracts will be resolved several turns hence, during which time the exchange rate may have changed. But the contract is resolved according to the original, agreed-upon rate, enabling players to make profit. Players can (and should) make contracts promising money they don't yet have, and may use the resultant loans to give them a temporary leg-up (provided that they think they can make up the difference before the loan comes due). Once the game begins, there is zero randomness; every subtle, lovely tweak to the game state is the net result of the decisions each player makes. The game concludes when a player goes bankrupt, or when the last dividend has been paid. At that point, all monies are converted to the single strongest currency, and the player with the most money of that type wins.
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Designers
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Amabel Holland
Artists
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Cole Wehrle
Publishers
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Hollandspiele
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