sponge scheme

It is a type of fraud in which money obtained from new investors is distributed as dividends to previous investors to make it appear as if a proper business is being conducted. Here we touch on the game of the same name.

• The card on the field is in the form of "receive X money now and pay Z every Y turns".

  • Naturally, in the long run, the company is in the red.

• Game ends when a player becomes unable to pay = bankrupt.

• Scores are better if you have many business tiles of the same type.

• A game that incorporates negotiation by providing a means of exchanging banknotes invisible to other players called a "wallet.

• The cash you have or the price you put on the sale or purchase of your business will be undisclosed.

• Buying business tiles from the other party

  • Receive the contents of the wallet and pass the business tile to the other party.
  • Return to the other party the same amount of cash in the wallet as was in the wallet, and receive one of his/her business tiles.

• You can take one business tile each turn, but not after the fourth tile of the same color.

  • Take a different color and sell it to someone who collects that color.
  • Buy from others for money.

• Tsk, it's hard...I'm talking about "Ponzi Scheme", a game where you're scamming but all you're doing is increasing your debt. : stay catchy.

  • Management Games
  • negotiation game

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