Tariff Game
TBD
| Designer(s): Cosmoiswatching, ISamEI | Match Type: MM (for 10 players) |
| Featured in: EpicMafia Genius 2 | |
Main Match 3
In Tariff Game, you will be CEOs attempting to sell aircraft to different nations. There will be four rounds, each consisting of a travel phase and a sell phase. Each phase will last 24 hours.
Travel Phase
Every round, you have the option to "travel" to four countries on the behalf of your company.
Each country has a different size. If the number of people who travel to a country exceeds the country's size, everyone in that country will be charged a "tariff" that is 1 (million dollars) times each person above the room size. This tariff will only be applied after the sell phase is complete, and after any shrinks or players leave for Exclusive Nation (read more), and is applied to everyone even if they fail to sell any airplanes.
The nations and their initial sizes are as follows
Huge Nation - 4 players
Big Nation - 3 players
Small Nation - 2 players
Tiny Nation - 1 players
For example, if 6 players go to Huge Nation, then they will each be charged 2 (million) dollars because 6 is 2 more than 4.
If you choose not to go to any room, then you will not be able to sell any aircraft. Your shareholders will be very angry and you will pay a 4 million dollar penalty.
SELL PHASE
For the SELL phase ,you will then compete with your fellow vendors to sell your aircraft to the country which you are in. You will submit a price in your confessional of 5, 4, 3, 2, or 1 (million dollars).
The country will buy as many aircraft as there are people in the room evenly from the person(s) who offer the lowest price.
Example 1: Alice, Bob, Carol, and Derek are in Huge Nation together.
Alice offers a price of 5 million dollars.
Bob offers a price of 3 million dollars
Carol offers a price of 3 million dollars
Derek offers a price of 4 million dollars
Huge Nation would buy four aircraft since there are four executives in the room. Since Bob and Carol are offering the lowest price (3), Big Nation orders evenly 2 aircraft from the two of them., netting Bob and Carol 6 million dollars each.
After evenly purchasing aircraft, any remainder airplanes will not be bought. (For example: if two people are offering the lowest price in a room with three people, then the country will buy one plane each from those two people).
In the sell phase, you will not know what countries other players traveled to, although you will know everyone in your country. You may talk to all players, regardless of where anyone is located.
There will be four rounds of traveling/selling before the game is complete.
After each round of sales, the selling price of planes in each nation will be announced along with the amount of profit each player made.
In the Sell Phase, you may also choose to abandon your nation, go to Exclusive Nation and suggest a sell price simultaneously (for Exclusive Nation). Exclusive Nation has a size of 1, and costs 4 garnets to go to.
The player with the highest cash total wins two tokens of life and earns 5 garnets.
Each player (except the winner) will also earn 1 garnet for every 5 mil dollars they have (up to a limit of earning 5 garnets in the Main Match).
The player with the lowest total becomes the elimination candidate and must choose a player without a token of life for deathmatch.
SECRETS AND SHRINKS
Each player may, once during the main match in the sell phase, use a secret or a shrink. Once you've used one, you may not use the other. The user will be anonymous.
If you use a secret on a room during the sell phase, then the amount players earned and the selling price for that room will not be revealed.
If you use a shrink on a room during the sell phase, then the size of that room will permanently decrease by one for the rest of the main match. The size of the room will be reduced before any tariff is applied. A room's size can go into the negatives.
You may also buy additional secrets and shrinks for 6 garnets each.
Original game by me. Based on: Fruit Stand, Fish Market, Abundance and Famine.
Shrink suggested by Cosmo.
Correcting, sorry: if more then seven people tie for first 
then no one gets a T.O.L.
We will not being having forced deathmatches in this household. 😦
If you fail to submit in travel round you will go nowhere and pay 4 million dollars. 😢
If you fail to submit in market round you will bid 5 million dollars. 😢