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John Company

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  1. 6 out of 10

    Lovely concept and theme but huge learning curve especially thanks to convoluted and non-intuitive rules. Ambitious and clever but be prepared to invest a lot of time learning it. Not for the half-hearted.

  2. 9.1 out of 10

    The biggest problem with John Company is that it needs two things: People willing to invest in several games to "get" it and people who can enjoy and cope with all the rules overhead, learn/understand the casual links and see and be interested in moving the levers. There is a lot in the game and it is interesting and filled with theme. Now the negatives, rule book is terrible, graphical design could help translate the game more simply for players and that is about it. If you are willing to put the time in and have a group who likes what is offered here then you are onto a winner.

  3. 6 out of 10

    Played Tim's copy 5 handed - an interesting semi-cooperative game but heavily dependent on you throwing a 5 or 6 to retire one of your pawns at a time when you can pay to buy VPs with him

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Over its 250-year history, the British East India Company grew to become one of the most influential commercial and political organizations in the world. Its profits catapulted the British Empire to global dominance and shaped the fate of some of the world’s great nations, but its ascent was anything but easy. The Company was filled with diverging interests and struggled constantly at home and abroad.

John Company attempts to tell the story of the British East India Company from the inside out. Players will steer their dynasties through the company’s history, vying for position, power, and prestige. The goal of the game is simple: Use the Company and the Company’s trade to secure your place in society back home. To this end, you guide your scions through their careers, exchanging favors for positions in London or plush colonial posts. Players collectively control the Company, facing tough budgetary decisions and conflicting interests. Should a Governor conduct a campaign to expand company holdings or invest in his region’s infrastructure? Perhaps the honest tax revenues would be better diverted to expand his summer estate back home…

As the game continues, the Company may face open rebellion in India or outright failure as it grapples with increasingly bold attempts at regulation from the British government. It’s even possible that the Company’s trade monopoly will be revoked, leaving the players to form and operate their own trading firms. Each game offers a huge range of possibilities, informed chiefly by the decisions the players make. In addition, players can tailor their experience by using one of the three tournament scenarios that cover the Early, Mid, and Late Company that can be played in about 90 minutes. The game also offers a full campaign game that will take players from 1720 to 1857 in an evening.

Taking its inspiration from Phil Eklund’s seminal Lords games, John Company offers Greed Incorporated by way of Republic of Rome — and with only sixty cards and multiple scenarios, John Company is one of the most accessible SMG offerings to date.

—description from the publisher

Ages

14+
Players

Solo, 2 Players, 3 Players, 4 Players, 5 Players, 6 Players
Play Time

90m – 180m
Designer

Cole Wehrle
Mechanics

Push Your Luck, Dice Rolling, Simulation, Variable Player Powers, Voting
Theme

Economic, Educational, Negotiation, Political
Publisher

Sierra Madre Games, Fox in the Box
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