Poleconomy

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Poleconomy (Board Game)
Publisher	World Games
Players	2–6
Age range	8-Adult
Setup time	5–10 minutes
Playing time	about 3 hours
Random chance	Medium (dice rolling, card drawing, luck)
Skills required	Simple mathematics; such as counting, finding percentages and multiplication, economics, governmental procedure,Social skills,Negotiation

Poleconomy is a board game designed by Bruce Hatherley in 1977^[1] and published by World Games. Players compete to acquire properties and investments through stylized economic and political activity. This involves the purchase of real-world companies and advertising using artificial money. The players take turns moving around the board via the roll of the dice, landing on the gameboard squares and carrying out instruction according to the square's contents or player decision.

Poleconomy was first available from 1983 in New Zealand and Australian editions. It was later exported to South Africa, the United Kingdom and Canada in localised versions.^[2]

The game is unusual in its mirroring of real-world businesses for which it has licenses to use their trademarks. It also illustrates how political events such as governmental decision and taxation effect the economy. The players take turns at being the Prime Minister or President through elections. Once in power they have the ability to dictate the levels of inflation and so increasing or decreasing rents for property owners.

More than 1.5 million games of Poleconomy have been sold internationally, incorporating the participation of 260 major corporate sponsors who have leased advertising space in each of the separate national versions.^[3]

[edit] List of Companies Licensed within the game

New Zealand Edition

Company	Advertising
DRG	Permaglide
Mitsubishi Forklifts	Sellotape
Armourguard	Pakatoa Island
Anchor	Nylex [1]
Mount Cook Line	Decrabond
Van Camp	Amalgamated Marketing Ltd
Tux	Air New Zealand
NZ Forest Products	Team McMillan Ford
Europa	Stewart Wrightson Ltd
Hallmark	Pizza Hut
Hertz	Kiwi Bacon
IBM	Dulux
ICI	Marac
NZIG	Mitre 10
Watties	Heylen Research Centre
Whitcoulls	Choysa
Reidrubber	Amco
Donaghys	Hylin Laundry Services
Lucas Service	Ralta
Winstone	Atlantic and Pacific travel
	Network consultants
	GSI
	Northern United Building Society
	NZSE
	Heylen Research Centre
	New Zealand Times