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Austerity

Austerity

2015·Jake Staines

1 players
10 - 20 min
Medium weight: Teach it in one sitting

From BoardGameGeek

Austerity is a compact solo game in which you run a nation struggling under the burden of international debt - make decisions about police funding, investment in private enterprise, whether to crack down on welfare cheats and when best to borrow more money... but if you don't escape debt before your bad decisions catch up to you, you'll be out of office and out on the street with the rest of them! The state of the nation's finances are represented by a number of coloured cubes in a bag; these are drawn in pairs, and each pair corresponds to a different event that occurs - and which often ask the player to make a decision. The player adds cubes to the bag by choosing to fund different public institutions, borrow even more money or raise taxes, meaning that the player decides how the nation's money is spent, but doesn't directly choose the effects that spending has on the country.

Austerity

Watch first

Review

Austerity: Solo Play-through: Economic Board Games40:41

Austerity: Solo Play-through: Economic Board Games

Economic Board Games

Economic Board Games

Watch it played

Austerity (Free PnP) | Teach & Playthrough1:10:07

Austerity (Free PnP) | Teach & Playthrough

Board Game Blitz

Board Game Blitz

Which Austerity video should I watch?

Austerity has 4 videos from 4 creators: 1 review, 1 playthrough and 2 other videos. They date from 2016 to March 2024.

For an opinion before you buy, start with "Austerity: Solo Play-through: Economic Board Games" by Economic Board Games. To see it played, watch "Austerity (Free PnP) | Teach & Playthrough" by Board Game Blitz.

If you like it, try Maquis, also by Jake Staines, or Warp's Edge, Conservas and Dragons of Etchinstone, which share several of its mechanics.

All videos

Build: Austerity Envelope Edition - Dining Table Print & Play10:20

Build: Austerity Envelope Edition - Dining Table Print & Play

Dining Table Print & Play

Dining Table Print & Play

Austerity boardgame digital version. Tutorial1:09

Austerity boardgame digital version. Tutorial

Riccardo F.

Riccardo F.

Austerity (Free PnP) | Teach & PlaythroughPlaythrough1:10:07

Austerity (Free PnP) | Teach & Playthrough

Board Game Blitz

Board Game Blitz

Austerity: Solo Play-through: Economic Board GamesReview40:41

Austerity: Solo Play-through: Economic Board Games

Economic Board Games

Economic Board Games

Creators who cover this

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Board Game Blitz
Board Game Blitz
1 video of this game
Dining Table Print & Play
Dining Table Print & Play
1 video of this game
Economic Board Games
Economic Board Games
1 video of this game
Riccardo F.
Riccardo F.
1 video of this game

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About Austerity

From BoardGameGeek:

Austerity is a compact solo game in which you run a nation struggling under the burden of international debt - make decisions about police funding, investment in private enterprise, whether to crack down on welfare cheats and when best to borrow more money... but if you don't escape debt before your bad decisions catch up to you, you'll be out of office and out on the street with the rest of them! The state of the nation's finances are represented by a number of coloured cubes in a bag; these are drawn in pairs, and each pair corresponds to a different event that occurs - and which often ask the player to make a decision. The player adds cubes to the bag by choosing to fund different public institutions, borrow even more money or raise taxes, meaning that the player decides how the nation's money is spent, but doesn't directly choose the effects that spending has on the country.

Designer

Jake Staines

Artist

Jake Staines

Categories

EconomicPolitical

Mechanics

Deck BuildingSolo / Solitaire Game
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