The Market Share Game

Market Share game review

By  Riley & Maya

Well, Market Share it’s a board game that will teach you about marketing and owning a company. In the game there's four teams of two or three and the objective is to get the most money from owning companies.

There are dollar notes, There is $100, $500, $1,000, $5,000, $10,000, $50,000 and $100,000. One team are the bankers/accountants who look after the bank’s money. Although it is an easy way to get extra money by stealing when you're the banker, it’s still not allowed!!

The game is quite realistic because it shows the ups and downs of owning a big business. One of the downs is that big, wealthy companies are common targets for taking over companies because normally they give you lots of cash!! Another reason why it’s easy to find reality in the game is because, like owning a business, you have to have the right amount of resources to buy a company.

There are different ways to get a company but the most wickedly satisfying is to get a takeover risk card. Although it is easier to just get enough resources and money. But their are Acquisition cards they allow you get more resources.

And there’s a board of course. They have all the companies on it , That you can buy with your money. You also get a pack of counters. There’s Blue, Green, Yellow and Red. When you buy a company you put your coloured counter on the company. You each take turns going around. You get paid when it’s your turn with your “monthly” salary paid by the bank. On your turn you can use any Acquisition Cards or buy a risk card.

     So that is basically all you need to know  about the Market share game. It is a fun but challenging version of monopoly. Good for educational purposes and also just for fun. It is better than monopoly for many reasons. Definitely a good game for those that like games like Monopoly but think that the actual Monopoly is tiresome.

Have Fun Playing Market Share!

Game Review - Market Share by Shaan Vaidya

The game Market $hare is a board game about financial literacy. There is currency in paper notes worth $100, $500, $1,000, $5,000, $10,000, $50,000 and $100,000. There is also 64 businesses you can buy, but you can only get it if you have enough resources to buy the businesses.

The businesses are in 5 categories. There is 2 rows of businesses in these categories, Soho, Small and Medium. There is only 1 row of businesses in Large and International. The international businesses are the most expensive, but you can get more income. In Soho it costs less and you get less income.

There are also Acquisition and Risk cards. Acquisition cards get you resources and Risk cards can be something really good or terrible.

The businesses are some of New Zealand’s best. e.g. LG, Air NZ, Bartercard and 61 others. Some are quite popular in the world as well.

This game is packed in a box and it contains this.

• Game Board
• 4 Game Booklets for businesses
• 1 Pack of Acquisition Cards
• 1 Pack of Risk Cards
• 1 Pad of Player Sheets
• 1 Pack of Game Money, currency is $100, $500, $1,000, $5,000, $10,000, $50,000 and $100,000.
• 4 Pencils  
• 4 sets of coloured counters (Red, Blue, Green and Yellow).

It is a really fun game especially for people who love mathematics. This is a great game for the family, for your friends or other people that are related to you. The game does take a bit long.

It is basically like Monopoly but for me it is way better.

Market Share Review by Matthew

Market Share is a game designed for university students to learn how to manage their money properly,learn how to run a business,learn the risks for running a business and having to calculate tax/other pays. The game is really fun, to most of the people that I played with said it was better than monopoly/the best game they had ever played.

There is lots of different companies life:

Health-Moving Forward, Business insight group, 13 habitats.org ,Wasp Security, Cabu!!, Titanium, Elias Kanaris.com, Jurado, Living Wisdom,

Unique Homes, purple Sherbet, Kingdom Financial Services, Irecraft Detailing.nz, Gettingagrip.com, Monty's Promotions LTD, Biz Buzz, Chocolate Brown, Teleport, my tech, online results, RNRV, Fresh As, Remarkable, PushPay, Thereisabetterway, Cranston, KATABOLT, Ultra com, New Zealand Made, PureSEO, New Zealand Trustee, Dad's Pies,Massey Uni, sKids, warehouse stationery, the warehouse, Telecom, Yahoo!, Air New Zealand, AIA, 3M, LG, OfficeMax, etc,etc.

When you own at least one of these businesses, you get paid a monthly income. (Not every month but every turn) each business costs money, you get paid money and on occasion there is a bonus card in the risk pile which gives you a bonus.

My Advice

Market share is a AWESOME game that is soooo addicting,they should add another note like $250,000. It is a epic game and I love to play it.