Economic Strategy Games @ The Missing Piece

Navigate markets, build industrial empires, and outmaneuver your rivals in games where every decision shapes the bottom line. This series will feature mid- to heavyweight economic games—from Victorian-era industrialization to cutthroat shipping cartels—where victory comes through shrewd investment, timing the market, and understanding interconnected systems.
Expect loan management, auction tension, supply-chain optimization, and emergent player-driven economies. These are dense, interactive games where you'll build networks, speculate on resources, and watch carefully constructed plans collide with your opponents' ambitions. Whether you're laying railway tracks across Birmingham, cornering fuel markets, or negotiating colonial trade agreements, success requires reading both the game state and the table.
Every fourth Sunday we’ll feature a standout economic strategy game where players act as firms, financiers, or factions. Expect titles like Brass: Birmingham, Le Havre, Power Grid, Container, Pipeline, Hegemony, and John Company—3–6 players, under 200 minutes, heavy on trade and industry.