Trading and Buying Games - an IFDB Poll

Games where a significant portion of the gameplay involves buying, selling, or trading items, especially if there are tactical advantages associated with different objects and the player has to decide which things to acquire for what purposes.

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	Superluminal Vagrant Twin, by C.E.J. Pacian 7 votes "Trade and buy the coolest of items." [+]"Trade and buy the coolest of items." () --Kinetic Mouse Car... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --Sobol... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --Victor Gijsbers... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Spike... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Denk... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Edo... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Laney Berry... Vote for this game

	Skybreak!, by William Dooling 4 votes "Unusual trading with unusual goods" [+]"Unusual trading with unusual goods: a major design goal of the game was the acquisition and exchange of unusual resources." --Theodidactus... "Detailed and diverse." [+]"Detailed and diverse." () --Kinetic Mouse Car... (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --Spike... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Denk... Vote for this game

	Beyond Zork, by Brian Moriarty 3 votes "Can buy and sell at various shops, often with genuine tactical/story effect." [+]"Can buy and sell at various shops, often with genuine tactical/story effect." () --Ghalev... "Appraising, buying, selling, and trading collected items" [+]"Appraising, buying, selling, and trading collected items: All of these actions essential to the completion of the story." ( - Full review) --mjhayes... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Emily Short... Vote for this game

	1893: A World's Fair Mystery, by Peter Nepstad 2 votes "I remember this one letting you know if a purchase was cheap or expensive, but avoided exact dollars and cents accounting." [+]"I remember this one letting you know if a purchase was cheap or expensive, but avoided exact dollars and cents accounting." --David Welbourn... "Offers the player..." [+]"Offers the player an allowance and permits him to buy food and needed items over the course of the game." --Emily Short... Vote for this game

	Sunless Sea, by Failbetter Games 2 votes (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --Spike... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Laney Berry... Vote for this game

	Rogue of the Multiverse, by C.E.J. Pacian 2 votes (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Ivanr... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Edo... Vote for this game

	Gotomomi, by Arno von Borries 2 votes "Bartering with NPCs is key." [+]"Bartering with NPCs is key." --Emily Short... "This game is more..." [+]"This game is more about selling and buying rather than trading and buying. But few things have fixed prices. You will have to haggle and barter every step of the way." () --Kinetic Mouse Car... Vote for this game

	Let's Explore Geography! Canadian Commodities Trader Simulation Exercise, by Carter Sande 2 votes "Trading and buying is what this game is all about" [+]"Trading and buying is what this game is all about" ( - Full review) --Spike... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Victor Gijsbers... Vote for this game

	Negotis: Book 1, by Robert DeFord 2 votes "Immediately thought of this game; cool idea but bad design." [+]"Immediately thought of this game; cool idea but bad design." --David Welbourn... "Negotis is all..." [+]"Negotis is all about trading and allows you to negotiate prices with the chief NPC." () --Emily Short... Vote for this game

	Wraith Blaster, by Ken Dibble 1 vote "(Suggested for..." [+]"(Suggested for this poll by another player -- I haven't tried it myself.)" --Emily Short... Vote for this game

	Illuminismo Iniziato, by Michael J. Coyne 1 vote "Items to buy, sell and repair." [+]"Items to buy, sell and repair." ( - Full review) --Denk... Vote for this game

	My Girlfriend's An Evil Bitch, by Divarin 1 vote "you sell items..." [+]"you sell items and use the proceeds to buy survival equipment." ( - Full review) --tggdan3... Vote for this game

	El trono de Inglaterra, by José Baltasar García Perez-Schofield and Selena 1 vote "You have to buy supplies before your quest." [+]"You have to buy supplies before your quest." --IFforL2... Vote for this game

	Scavenger, by Quintin Stone 1 vote "Scavenger..." [+]"Scavenger incorporates an important equipment purchase decision at the very beginning, though most of the game does not involve trading." --Emily Short... Vote for this game

	The Lost Children [1997 PAW version], by Larry Horsfield 1 vote "ADRIFT version has lots of stuff to buy" [+]"ADRIFT version has lots of stuff to buy" --Denk... Vote for this game

	The Egg and the Newbie, by Robert DeFord 1 vote "The game is a..." [+]"The game is a money-making sim; buy equipment and chickens, sell eggs." () --Sam Kabo Ashwell... Vote for this game

	Redemption, by Sam Ruby 1 vote "Great Eamon game" [+]"Great Eamon game" ( - Full review) --Denk... Vote for this game

	They Perished, by Bret Sepulveda 1 vote (No comment) [+](No comment) ( - Full review) --Kinetic Mouse Car... Vote for this game

	Onaar, by Robert DeFord 1 vote "You can buy and sell items. You can also enchant food items and sell them for profit. " [+]"You can buy and sell items. You can also enchant food items and sell them for profit. " () --tekket... Vote for this game

	Taipan, by Art Canfil 1 vote "Sort of dubious..." [+]"Sort of dubious case, since this is an adaptation of a game that doesn't work with a standard text parser, but it's all about trading." --Emily Short... Vote for this game

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Poll created on June 2, 2009