Startups

Six startups are vying for your backing, and the smart money is on cornering the market. In Startups, you'll invest in companies, bluff your rivals into keeping their cash out, and angle to become the majority shareholder when the dividends pay out. Hold the most shares in a company and every rival who invested there has to pay you — so timing and nerve matter as much as capital.

Each turn you either draw a card or take one from the market table, paying a coin onto cards you pass over. Those coins snowball into juicy pots, tempting you to gamble on ventures nobody else dares touch. With simple rules and a 20-minute runtime, it's a razor-sharp filler that packs a surprising amount of bluffing and brinkmanship into one of Oink Games' trademark tiny boxes.

Designed and illustrated by Jun Sasaki, Startups is perfect for 3 to 7 players and shines as an opener, closer or anytime game-night sharpener.

This game uses the following core mechanisms:

Area Majority / InfluenceCommodity SpeculationOpen DraftingSet Collection

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