Just three of us this week so we started off with this new release from Dan Glimne (a name I know) and Gregorz Rejchtman (who I don't). The game is about gaining control of five growth industries around the world during the boom time of the 1920s. Players acquire shares in these industries and when it comes round to their turn, if they have the majority in a particular industry, they can claim control of that industry in a certain city around the globe. By the end of the game, you will have a number of control markers in each industry and city, and whoever has the most markers in each industry/city gains a number of VPs. There are also points for most money, most shares in each industry and for finishing the game and the player with the most points is the winner.

One of the interesting aspects of the game is that once there are a certain number of shares in issue, there is a market crash and the industry with the most shares in issue goes broke and the shares are lost. This can lead to swings in control as the industry can then be reborn with future shares played by another player. In our game Nige managed to wrest control of a couple of the high scoring cities and managed to end the game before we could react, as he judged (correctly) that he had a decent lead at the time.