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Enter a Growing Market!
Welcome to the Community Hedge Fund where players take on the roles of gardeners dedicated to growing flowers and profits. When the market crashes, the Gardener with the most valuable Stalk portfolio wins.
 
Garden shrewdly to grow your fortune.

• Plant The Seeds of Investment to Grow Your Portfolio
• Surround Flowers to Harvest Their Value
• Trade Your Stalks at The Exchange to keep up with Trends
• Collaborate With Your Opponents to grow shared investments or outmaneuver them and cause their favorite flowers to wither

 
Stalk Exchange is a delightful surprise—a market manipulation game that stands out with its engaging tile placement and approachable nature theme. The balance between strategic investment and tactical adaptation keeps players engaged, while the bust mechanic adds an extra layer of tension to every decision. It’s rare to find a game in this genre that feels both accessible and deeply strategic, making it a joy to bring to the table. With its quick playtime, clever mechanics, and broad appeal, Stalk Exchange is a game you'll be happy to revisit time and time again.
 
Played in 15 minutes, learned in 5 through the included tutorial, there's no reason to skip the link below and go to the game page:
https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=stalkexchange
 
We would love to celebrate The Op Games publishing house for bringing this game to Board Game Arena, as well as the game designer Christopher Ryan Chan, and of course the lovely job done by BanBan for adapting it to our platform.

That's your Monday release, so relax, sit back and enjoy this gift before spring.
See you on Wednesday for another amazing title, and until then, take care and play fair!
 

Stupid stemmy minuscule Flanders

twistoffate1 wrote: ↑10 March 2025, 15:10 Stupid stemmy minuscule Flanders

Is he under the middle bottom orange flower? The image is so small I cannot see even zoomed in: https://x.boardgamearena.net/data/newsi ... 1741602232

I can't see Ned in this at all

Ned location if you're still having trouble: He's directly below that orange flower in the middle. You can see yellow underneath that orange flower and even on the white flower petal to the left, which is probably his hand. His green shirt you can see on the blue petals underneath. He's not actually that small, it's just busy artwork in that area.

It is very hard to see. Looks more like the Homer retreating into the bushes meme.

Comparing the image to the actual box art does reveal that Ned's location is as stated in comments above: https://boardgamegeek.com/image/8088979/stalk-exchange

Releasing a game with an empty How to play section is pretty clumsy. Nobody had time to add anything during the Beta?

It is better to make the final score table displayed throughout the game. It will be clearer then.

JackNapis wrote: ↑10 March 2025, 20:51 Comparing the image to the actual box art does reveal that Ned's location is as stated in comments above: https://boardgamegeek.com/image/8088979/stalk-exchange

This banner image doesn't do the cover justice. Seeing it on BGG, it's beautiful.