Tricky Traders is a cunning two-player board game from Pegasus Spiele where rival merchant guilds manipulate a bustling market—attracting customers, unleashing rats, and deploying characters to boost your stall while undermining the opponent’s.
How to play
The game spans three market days (Morning, Noon, Evening). In each phase you play two influence cards to move customers, rats and characters among seven stalls. At day’s end, each stall gains fame based on who’s present. Both players have two hidden goals: support one stall and sabotage another. Read the flow, time your plays, and steer the market to secure victory.
Why choose this board game?
Tricky Traders sets up fast yet packs sharp decisions: timing, bluffing and positioning keep every round tense. Ideal for duel lovers who want tactical depth without a long runtime.
- Focused duel: strictly 2 players, 20–40 minutes
- Hidden goals create constant twists
- Highly interactive market manipulation
- Clear iconography and quick setup
What's in the box
- 7 market stalls, 1 direction token, 3 time-of-day dice
- 40 wooden figures, 32 action cards, 7 goal cards
- 2 scoring cards, 4 reference cards, 1 scorepad
- Rulebook
Specifications
- Publisher: Pegasus Spiele (item no. 18800E EN / 18800G DE)
- Designer: Colin Dömer · Art: Dennis Lohausen
- Players: 2 · Age: 10+ · Time: ~20–40 min
- EAN: 4250231743917
- Box size: ~200 × 200 × 45 mm · Weight: ~560 g