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YOU ARE ABOUT TO PLAY

A REAL GAME

CAREECH is a career & finance strategy game – a board game together with an App. Make your choices about education, jobs, property, the Stock Market, the Casino and your family, and build the strongest finances at the table.

THE GAME

What is CAREECH?

CAREECH simulates real-life decision-making in the financial aspects of career and investment planning. At the same time the players must balance family relations, unexpected events, challenges and opportunities.

Playing CAREECH creates real-life associations and considerations in a competitive and dynamic, just-for-fun social environment.

CAREECH combines a traditional “analog” board game with a digital App that updates transactions in real time and communicates with the players through different types of messages. The App also allows certain activities outside a player’s own turn, such as trading on the Stock Market and trading Property/Business locations with other players. This keeps all players involved throughout the game and still able to influence the final result.

General information

Players
4 is optimal – 3 is OK. Two people may play together as a team, which counts as one player.
Time
Normal game 3½–5 hours depending on skill level. Short version (Education and Job Market tests locked) 2½–3½ hours.
Prerequisites
Some financial understanding and capabilities are needed to get the full benefit of the game.
Preparation
Read the Information Memorandum and try the App before playing the first time – it makes the game much more enjoyable and realistic.
Internet
Internet access (Wi-Fi or mobile data) is needed to play – every player uses the App on a phone, tablet or computer.

What is in the box

  • 1 Game Board
  • 2 Dice – 1 to 6 pips
  • 4 Cars/Tokens
  • 20 Property/Business Markers
  • 20 Property/Business Owner’s Cards
  • 1 CAREECH Playbook for the Gamemaster
  • 4 Information Memoranda
  • 4 Price, Fee & Valuation Gain Overview Sheets
  • Box Code – gives access to the game and the App

You learn to

  • deal with multiple decisions in a dynamic and sometimes stressful environment
  • analyse investment opportunities – returns and risks in Properties and Businesses, Stock Market securities and Start-up companies, Bank loan facilities and – for the gamblers – betting at the Casino
  • understand the links between Profit & Loss, Balance Sheet and cash flow
  • keep updated with Key Figures
  • improve your negotiation skills
IN SHORT

How to play

The CAREECH game board
The game board – tokens move clockwise: Start → Education → Job Market → Casino → Home.

A turn

  1. Your turn begins when the previous player presses “Turn End” – “Your turn!” pops up.
  2. Do business if you like – sell a location, borrow or repay at the Bank.
  3. Roll one or two dice – your choice each time – and move your token clockwise.
  4. Passed or landed on Start? Press “Passing Start” at once: salary, interest and a check of your accounts.
  5. Act on your position – buy, pay a fee, draw a Chance Card, pay tax or use the area you are in.
  6. Answer and do business – answer what pops up in the App, and trade again if you like.
  7. Turn End – press it and confirm. The next player is in turn.

What you meet on the board

Property & Business

20 locations in four groups: hotels & travel, real estate, shops & webshops and restaurants. Land on a Bank-owned location and the players bid openly – the player in turn has the Matching Right. Owners collect a fee from every visitor; the more locations in a group, the higher the fee and the value. Buy from and sell to the other players at any time, or upgrade a group of three or more.

Education

Take the College Test and the University Test – one minute, questions with four answers. A degree opens the way to better jobs.

Job Market

Apply for a Specialist or a Manager Job with a Job Test. A better job means a much higher salary every time you pass Start.

Casino

Play Blackjack with dice against another player as the Bank. Double or triple your bet – or lose it.

Home

Your family expects Home Allowances that grow with your wealth. Keep them happy – a family that is ignored too long ends in a costly divorce.

Chance

Five Chance positions. A card can be good luck or bad luck, move your token, start a duel or give you a special card to use later.

Tax, Bank, Court House, Hospital and Start

Pay tax on your equity, borrow at the Bank within your Loan facility, and collect your salary at Start. A Chance Card may send you to the Court House or the Hospital.

Any time

The Stock Market (two index funds and three start-ups), the Bank and trading with the other players are open all the time – also outside your own turn.

Winning: after the agreed number of rounds the player with the highest equity wins – or at once, by Knock Out, if one player’s equity is more than twice all the others’ together.

THE DIGITAL PART

The App

The App does the bookkeeping, so the players can play. It books every purchase, fee, salary, loan and trade at once, keeps your Profit & Loss and Balance Sheet up to date, tells you when something needs your answer, and lets you trade on the Stock Market and with the other players also outside your own turn. The board stays on the table: you move your token and press the buttons for what happens.

The front page of the App
Your turn
Buy and sell
Buy / Sell
The Stock Market
Stock Market
Profit and Loss
Your accounts

Try the App

A training game on your own with two silent co-players: try every button before your first game. Nothing counts, and no Box Code is needed. Open the App and press Try the App on its start screen.

Try the App
BEFORE THE GAME DAY

Get ready

1 · Get the App

The App runs in your browser – nothing to install from an app store. Open app.careechgame.com (or scan the code below) and put it on your home screen:

  • iPhone / iPad: open the link in Safari → the Share button → “Add to Home Screen”.
  • Android: open the link in Chrome → the ⋮ menu → “Add to Home screen” or “Install app”.
  • Computer: open the link in Chrome, Edge or Safari – or install it from the address bar.

2 · Try the App

Press Try the App on the App’s start screen: a training game on your own with two silent co-players. Try every button – nothing counts, no Box Code is needed.

app.careechgame.com

Open the App

3 · Read the Information Memorandum

Market information, prospectuses and expert advice – it helps you plan your strategy. Read it below.

READ BEFORE YOUR FIRST GAME

Information Memorandum

Turn the pages with ‹ Back and Next › under the book. Press Enlarge page to read a page in full size and zoom in.

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