Auric Exchange
Every coin has an opportunity cost.
- Players
- 2–4
- Minutes
- 45–60
- Age guide
- 12+
Auric Exchange is an economy game built around a small but persistent question: what else could this coin do? Trade resources, reserve contracts and build a sequence of exchanges while your opponents compete for the same openings.
Keeping an efficient reserve matters as much as pursuing a large contract. The economy is entirely represented by game pieces; coins have no monetary value and there is no gambling mechanism.
Component inventory
- Exchange board
- Coin tokens
- Resource pieces
- Contract cards
- Player reference cards
- Printed rules
Sequence of decisions
Read the exchange
Inspect current contracts and available resources.
Allocate your coins
Trade, reserve or invest in the move that advances your plan.
Settle a contract
Complete its requirements and score before the market moves on.
Assess what remains after the exchange.
A contract can be attractive and still leave an awkward reserve. Consider the resources it consumes and the exchanges that remain possible once it is settled. The opportunity cost is visible on the table: coins assigned to one route are no longer available to another.
Give the system an unhurried session
Auric Exchange has the longest published time in the Larunove catalogue, at 45–60 minutes. Allow additional space in the evening for a first explanation. Player reference cards help orient the table, while keeping resources distinct from contract cards makes a developing plan easier to inspect.
Three systems. Three forms of commitment.Player observations
Describe the decisions that matter, rather than the result alone. These are unverified visitor assessments and should be read in that context.