Table of contents
1.. Game specifications. 2
2.. Game scenario. 2
3.. Aim and objective of the game. 2
4.. Legend. 3
5.. Game materials. 9
6. Instructions. 14
7. Main game play. 14
8.. BINGO DETAILS -“Bingo-rewards”. 16
9. Fun Facts: 17
1. Game specifications
This game is designed for 2-4 players.
Any upper secondary school student and above will be able to enjoy and understand this game.
2. Game scenario
In this game, the players act as companies to earn the most money and investors’ confidence for the most successful IPO. At the end of the day, only the best company will emerge as the winner.
3. Aim and objective of the game
The aim and objective of the game is to make as much money as possible. Each player will assume the role of a company in a particular company. Players must try to meet listing criteria(see below) for SGX Main board by earning profits from answering the questions and taking up risks as listed in the different cards available. The player with the highest net worth at the end of the game, wins.
The net worth is determined by the
Calculation of the player’s net assets ( cash and other purchased assets) – liabilities + Total share price.
Total share price: Number of shares x Share price.
Should there be a tie in the net worth between the players, the number of investor confidence ships would be the determining factor of who is the ultimate winner.
Point to take note of: Players are not given any revenue at the start of the game and therefore have to build their company’s wealth through the question game cards, “asset emporium cards”-which have the element of luck are part of a winning strategy and players should make use of the various fund raising option to raise funds to be able to purchase the “asset emporium cards” should they lack the capital to make purchases.
The 2 main Listing criteria :
| 1 | Cumulative and consolidated Pre Tax profit of at least S$7.5 million for the last 3 consecutive years. | 2 | At least S$1 million a year in each of the 3 years. |
4. Legend
| Substitute in the picture of the round circle card | Pictures , instructions and descriptions |
| Venture capitalist
| | Dice | Amount | | 1 / 2 | 100000 | | 3 / 4 | 200000 | | 5 / 6 | 400000 | |
| Events
| Take bronze card, according to the instructions printed, pay or collect money from the banker. Refer to market watch in Legend for share price information. |
| Back 3 steps, Roll Dice again Miss a Turn
| Follow the instructions
(There are no cards to be taken.) |
| Destiny
| If the question is answered correctly: Banker gives the player S$100,000 .
Players are not fined or rewarded should they answer the questions wrongly. |
| Merger and Acquisition | Players can decide with fellow gamers if they would like to consider mergers and acquisitions between their companies. |
| Choice cards
| Players are to choose between taking either an event card Or a destiny card. |
| Asset Emporium
| This card gives the player a choice of buying a particular asset.
There is an element of chance; if the player decides to buy the asset, he/she would have to pick a card according to colour of their company’s industry, pick a card, roll the dice and follow the instructions accordingly. |
| Oil,
Bio Chemical,
Finance,
Telecommunications
| If the player (e.g. RingBiz) lands on the circle “telecommunications”. He would receive S$100,000 from the banker. If the player (e.g. RingBiz) lands on a circle which he does not belong to- “Oil”, he would have to pay a fine to the bank-S$100,000.\ |
| Funds raising
a) IPO (Initial Public Offering)
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IPO will be offered to companies offering their shares to others to raise funds for other uses eg expansion. There will be a listing expenses of S$1million, to be subtracted from the amount raised from IPO. |
| b) Rights Issue
| Players who chose to give out rights issue to raise funds will have to pick a card from the “Rights Issue cards” to determine the rights issued size. The card shows the rights issuing ratio, percentage of existing ordinary shares being exercised for issue, current share price and exercise price. Eg Ratio 1:5 70% took up Rights issue Total no. of Ordinary shares issued: 1million Exercise Price: $1.30 Current Share price: $3.40 For every 5 ordinary shares that you hold, you are entitled to 1 right. No of new shares issued: No. of Ordinary shares issued *Ratio *% given (1million*1/5*70%=140000 Rights issued) Funds Raised: No of new shares issued * exercise price Rights issuing is one of the funding methods in which funds are raised thru it’s existing shareholders. Rights issue gives them the rights but not an obligation to buy the company’s shares at the discount price compared to market share price. |
| c) Bonds Issue
| Given Bonds choice in Make your Mark, the bonds are short-termed and coupon will be directly minus from the total funds raised. Bonds issue enables the companies to borrow funds from the public sector etc to funds it. bonds are cost-effective too. Eg Tenor 1 Year Coupon 1% Funds Raised $100,000 Net fund raised: Funds Raised =$100,000-1% =$99,000 |
| d) Share Placement | Standardized 20% of your issued share capital (IPO size) Share placement is another form of funding. Share placement is the sale of shares to non-existing shareholders, which the number of shares placed, cannot be more than 20% of the total issued shares. The exercise price is priced slightly below the present company share price. |
| e) Bank Loan
| | Amount | Interest 10% | 1st Carry forward amount 20% | 2nd Carry Forward amount 30% | | $1,000,000 | $100,000 | $200,000 | $300,000 | | $2,000,000 | $200,000 | $400,000 | $600,000 | | $3,000,000 | $300,000 | $600,000 | $900,000 | | $4,000,000 | $400,000 | $800,000 | $1,200,000 | | $5,000,000 | $500,000 | $1,000,000 | $1,400,000 | |
| Money Denomination 1)Star | S$100,000 |
| 2)Heart | S$500,000 |
| 3)Clover | S$1,000,000 |
| Market Watch
| All share prices start at$1.20 When players enter the “Events-game card” their share prices would fluctuate and players would record their changed shared price in the small market watch booklets (on the left). This interactive function reflects who share prices fluctuate regardless of whether it’s a change of financial year or not. All players must calculate their total share price value at the end of the game to calculated the total net worth. |
| Shares
| Each company will be given 10 blocks of shares, each block representing 10 lots of shares (1 lots=1000shares). To prevent dilution and lose of controlling power of company, 50%+1 share is essential to be maintained at all times. With each color representing each company, effects on shares holding percentage from merger and acquisition will be more vividly shown. |
6. Instructions
1st step: setting up of game.
| a) | Place golden stick into the gold coin stands. |
| b) | Number Bingo paper randomly from numbers 1-25. |
| c) | Assign a “banker’ who would be the one who used the gold game figurine. |
7. Main game play
| stage | location | details |
| 1 | Board game | Player rolls dice and moves accordingly. |
| 2 | Board game | According to the respective “board card” he lands on. He should pick up the respective game cards.
The player should pays the fine/collect money/answer questions as assigned on the board cards. (see Legend for more details of the uses of each exciting game card) Fellow players should help by tallying each other answers with the answers located at the back of this manual book and assign the player cash respectively. This would allow every player to learn and educate themselves with basic foundation knowledge which are vital facts in the Singapore stock exchange.. |
| 3 | Bingo card | The player then chooses a number on the bingo card and picks a random “Destiny- question card” |
| 4 | Bingo card | If answered correctly-circle . The other players also circles the same number which the player had solved correctly If answered wrongly-no one circles their bingo paper.
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There are specific rewards for each correct answer.
(Look at the “bingo-rewards” information in BINGO DETAILS as shown below) |
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| The player can now pass the dice to the next player, who would then repeat the 4 simple steps as shown above. |
8. BINGO DETAILS -“Bingo-rewards”
Bingo cards
| Topics covered | To circle one number, you have to answer a “Destiny-question card “correctly” If its correct: can only circle If its wrong: Nothing 5 circles in a straight row= Player takes one million and one investor confidence from the banker. 5* (5 circles in a straight row) = 5 million + 5 investors confidence with an extra 1 million +extra 2 investor confidence
=one financial year
(remember to pay dividends to share holders) When people get their question right, you also circle their chosen number on your board. When a person hits the 5*5 stage= one financial year |
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| The ultimate aim of the players is to go into main board and have the highest net worth. Players are only allowed consider going into catalyst after 2 financial years=after have 2 (5*5 circles in a straight row) |
| Every financial year end entitlement | Dividends payout. |
9. Fun Facts:
v Mix and match your game cards according to your preference or even your desired play time!
v Your can use our board to create your own games too!
v All you need are construction paper, Velcro and a tub of creativity!
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