53 Board Games to Teach

Your Kids About Money (At

Every Age)
Board games. What better way to connect as a family,
have some fun, and learn a thing or two? Well, the games
on this list may aim to teach your kids more than a thing or
two.

You’d be surprised how much your kids can learn from a

game, but if you look back at your childhood, there’s a
good chance you learned a lot from several different
games. That’s because games can increase learning
outcomes by two grade levels, according to a 2013 study.1

When learning becomes playful, it becomes more natural.

It becomes easier to learn.2 This may be why kids aren’t
always willing participants in games that are obviously
meant solely to teach, such as many math games in
school, but they are always willing to play a board game at
home with the family.

When kids are free to choose the games and how they
learn, they’re much more likely—sometimes 2-3x more
likely—to gain a deeper sense of understanding.3

I think we all know the benefits of playing board games

together as a family. Learning, fun, and family all together
in one place, and it’s engaging.

Board games are so important in our household that we

make a special exception for them, as we typically try to
bring as little into our home as possible. We understand
the importance and usefulness of the games so much that
we are willing to bring them into our home despite our
minimalism journey.

We also don’t have every game on this list. That would

make for a cluttered game closet. But we have many of
these games, and we always like to try new ones.

What These Games Teach

Many of these games teach basic finance skills. Others
teach entrepreneurship. Some teach how to play with
stocks — it’s a good idea to get this out of your kids’
system while they’re young, instead of actually
speculating with real money later on. Other games teach
real estate concepts.

Though this list is about fun, I took it very seriously.

The games that made it on here are here for a reason:

because they teach some sort of financial concept. That
being said, I don’t endorse every game on this list. I give a
brief synopsis (sometimes taken from the manufacturer,
but most often my own).

I wanted to give you all the options I could find, but you
need to find a game that works for you and your family.
The last thing I want is for you to pick a game off this list
only to find out that it sucks, in your opinion. That doesn’t
help anyone.

So find some games you like, read the descriptions

carefully (whether on Amazon, a different website selling
the game, or a board game review website like Board
Game Geek), and make a wise choice.

I hope you find a game for you and your family. Enjoy!

Ages 5-8 (14 Games)

At this age, kids are starting to understand the concept of

money, but they won’t grasp the true value of it. They
know that 4 is more than 1, for example, but they’re just
starting to learn that 4 quarters is worth less than 1 $5 bill.
These games will help your kids understand the value of
money.

1. The Allowance Game (5+)

Kids do chores to earn an allowance, and they can spend

the money however they see fit! Its’ a fun way for young
kids to learn how to handle money, make change, and
interact with others. It also helps them identify money
values, and do basic math.

Learning Concepts:

Handle money
Make change
Identify money values
Basic math

2. Exact Change Card Game (5+)

Like Uno, whoever plays all their cards first wins. It
actually has a lot in common with Uno, except it uses
money values and making change, instead of basic
numbers. Exact Change has won multiple seals of
approval from several learning agencies.

Learning Concepts:

Make change
Basic math
3. Cash Flow for Kids (6+)

This is one of my kids’ favorite games. With a goal to get

out of the rat race, you go around the board collecting
assets and liabilities. Some tough decisions need to be
made — a lot of the same decisions adults fail at every
day. Things like, should I buy a new boat or invest for
retirement? It instills important concepts at a young age.

Learning Concepts:

Identify difference between assets and liabilities

Financial decision making
Critical thinking
4. Buy it Right (6+)

In Buy it Right, kids learn how to make smart purchases,

and set their own prices on the things they sell. It shows
them that it’s ok to correct errors, or change what they
thought was a good idea to make it even better. Plus, kids
love playing with all the fake money.

Learning Concepts:

How to buy and sell

Identify money values
Make change
Basic math

5. Money Bags Coin Value Game (7+)

This is an entire games of collecting, counting, and
exchanging money. It’s fun and educational for kids to win
by knowing the money values, making change, and
collecting money.

Learning Concepts:

Make change
Identify money values
Basic math
6. Cover Your Assets (7+)

Cover Your Assets is a fast-paced, competitive game.

Don’t be offended by the title — it makes sense. You
amass a fortune by collecting and building a tower of
matching asset cards, but the top asset can be stolen by
the other players if they so choose. The stack of cards
increases in value each time it’s stolen. It’s fun, but it can
be quite entertaining.

Learning Concepts:

Identify difference between assets and liabilities

7. Money Matters (7+)

This is the only Christian finance board game I know of,
other than Dave Ramsey’s products. However, Money
Matters focuses on Christian concepts specifically.
Players move around the board, as they collect income
and pay bills. Each player gets 14 envelopes, as part of an
envelope budgeting system. Similar to Act Your Wage,
whoever pays off everything first wins.

Learning Concepts:

Smart and controlled spending

The value of being debt-free
The difference between needs and wants

8. Ice Cream Empire (7+)

Ice Cream Empire is a combination of family fun and
learning business concepts. Each player competes to
build an ice cream franchise of eight stores across the US.
As you drive your ice cream truck around the board, you
fill up your inventory by buying and selling ice cream at
local market rates. Whoever has the most profits wins it.
You’re an ice-cream entrepreneur.

Learning Concepts:

Entrepreneurship
Building a business
Inventory management

9. GoVenture (7+)
GoVenture was designed specifically with business
concepts and ownership skills in mind. It combines many
ideas from classic board games, while adding plenty of
new ones. You run your own business, compete,
collaborate, and negotiate with the other players. It
provides engaged learning and fun, as kids learn
entrepreneurial traits. It’s suggested for ages 12 and up,
but the owners noted that plenty of kids as young as
seven have been able to play this game, which is why I
listed it as 7+.

Learning Concepts:

Entrepreneurship
 Inventory management
Managing employees
Managing cash flow
Investing
Negotiation
Work/life balance
Preparing financial sheets (optional)
Accounting (optional)

10. Pay Day (8+)

Pay Day is great for social interaction. It’s a game that
parents and children can play on a relatively even level.
Simple and quick, a two lap game takes as little as 15
minutes. Kids will learn how to earn and save money,
manage their money, and even take out loans — better to
learn how destructive debt is in a game than in real life.

Learning Concepts:

Earn and save money

Basic money management

11. Monopoly (8+)

We’ve all played it. Hopefully not too many relationships

have been ruined over it, but seriously, it’s a great tool to
teach real estate value and assets to your kids. Buy, sell,
dream and scheme your way to riches. Build houses and
hotels on your properties and bankrupt your opponents to
win it all. Chance and Community Chest cards can change
everything. There’s actually an entrepreneur accessory
pack to Monopoly, but I have no idea where to get it. If
you know, please leave a comment. Also, show your kids
how to win every time, or at least, most of the time.

Learning Concepts:

Real estate principles

Buying and selling
Ruining relationships?

12. Easy Money (8+)

Travel around Easy Money Town, collecting real estate by
buying and selling properties. If you think this looks a lot
like Monopoly, that’s because it does. But there are some
differences. Easy Money is a little more in-depth than
Monopoly, but if you already have Monopoly, I don’t know
that Easy Money is completely necessary.

Learning Concepts:

Real estate principles

Buying and selling
13. Net Worth (8+)
This is a strategic card game
where you rid yourself of debt
and collect assets, while
unleashing financial doom on
other players. You and your kids
will have to think critically to
protect your assets from a stock
market crash, and other financial
perils, such as a job loss or a
lawsuit. The ultimate winner at the
end of each game is the player
with the highest net worth. It combines fun with learning
better than any other card game I’ve seen.

Learning Concepts:

Identify difference between assets and liabilities

Concept of net worth and how to increase it

14. The Game of Life (8+)

This was one of my favorites growing up. Life is full of
adventures: this edition of the game includes 115 cards
offering exciting choices as players move through the
twists and turns of life. Choose from 31 Career cards,
featuring unusual or quirky careers such as Ice Cream
Flavor Maker or a Secret Agent. Many awesome vacations
included as well. Whoever has the most money at the end
of the game wins.

Learning Concepts:

Smart and controlled spending

Identify difference between assets and liabilities
Ages 9-11 (14 Games)

At this age, kids understand the value of money. They’re

ready for more complex, real-world concepts, and there
are plenty of games to teach that. These games will teach
kids to think strategically like an entrepreneur, learn the
stock market, and become business-minded.

15. StartUp (9+)

The ultimate business game for your kid. It’s challenging
for kids and adults, and it teaches many business
concepts. You can make money in business opportunities,
manage your own business, and navigate the world of
lawsuits, price wars, and networking. Whoever completes
their company headquarters first wins!

Learning Concepts:

Math skills
Building and running a business
Business problem solving

16. Act Your Wage! (10+)

Get gazelle intense with this new board game from Dave
Ramsey. Invite friends over to play or have a family game
night. It’s always competitive and fun! Keep your savings
up and expenses down as you compete to be the first to
yell, “I’m debt-free!”

Learning Concepts:

Basic budgeting
Smart and controlled spending
The value of being debt-free
17. Catan (10+)
If you’ve expanded
your realm of board
games beyond
Candyland, there’s a
good chance you’ve
come across Catan,
also referred to as The
Settlers of Catan or
Settlers. Whether
you’re familiar with the
game or not, you’re
probably wondering
why it’s on a list of
money-related board
games. Think of it like a money game, before money
existed. Catan lives in a time when bartering was how you
paid, and managing resources was like managing a
checking account.

You may not be managing money, but you’re managing

brick, lumber, ore, grain, and wool — all financial resources
within the game. It’s a blast, and it’s a great transition into
what a lot of experienced board gamers would consider
“real board games.” That is, imaginative board games that
foster real strategy.

Learning Concepts:
 Decision making
Managing resources
Trade and barter
Critical thinking

18. Co-opoly (10+)

This isn’t another Monopoly ripoff. We’ve all seen the

countless versions of Monopoly, from Cat-Opoly to
Bacon-Opoly. Co-Opoly is completely different. With
influences from Pictionary, Taboo, many other games, and
of course, distant remnants of Monopoly, this is a game of
strategy and teamwork. Everyone works together, and in
the end, everyone either wins or loses. Basically, you’re
running a cooperative together. It’s great when you want
to play a game together, but not against each other, and it
teaches plenty of life skills.

Learning Concepts:

Business management
Teamwork

19. Stock Exchange Game (10+)

A great introduction to the stock market, but no prior
stock knowledge experience is required. There are three
levels of play: family fun, strategic, and partners. Think of
each trip around the board as a year in your life. Investing
with the goal of retirement. Early in the game, purchase
risky assets with higher returns, then later in the game sell
the risky stocks for safer, more stable investments. Buy
and sell stocks to turn profit into more money! The
investor to retire with the most assets wins!

Learning Concepts:

Introduction to the stock market

Buying and selling stocks
Teamwork

20. Venture Card Game (10+)

A card game where players
purchase companies using various
sets of monetary denominations
known as “resource cards.” A
matching set is worth more than the
individual values of the cards
combined. The idea is to collect as
many sets as possible. You
purchase corporations, based on a
system of matching letters. You
have to cover your most valuable
assets with less valuable assets —
like a company minimizing capital gains taxes by claiming
other losses. Once the deck of corporations is empty, the
game is over, and the winner in tallied.

Learning Concepts:

Maximizing gains while minimizing losses

Business management
21. Crypto Cards (10+)
Dive into the cryptocurrency
and blockchain world. Each
action card contains the
specific rule for that
scenario. There are three
different games you can play
with the cards, but the
primary game is called
“Crypto-90.” I don’t want it
to get confusing by
explaining the rules. It’s easy
to understand when you’re
looking at the cards, but
given all the different options, you do need to be looking
at the cards to get the idea. You’ll learn a lot about crypto
through the cards, and the popular memes on them.

Learning Concepts:

Knowledge of cryptocurrency
Teamwork

22. Daytrader (10+)

Another finance game with no prior finance knowledge
required. While I certainly don’t endorse day trading (or
speculating in general), this game brings all of the fun and
thrills day trading can provide, without losing all of your
money in real life. You start at the bottom, working for
companies to get the cash to buy stock in the companies
you work for. Whoever retires first wins. Again, it’s a great
way to keep day trading where it belongs: on the game
board.

Learning Concepts:

Maximizing gains while minimizing losses

A concept of what day trading is in real life
 Buying and selling stocks

23. Crypto When Lambo (10+)

Another crypto-fan favorite. It’s a strategy game that’s fun

and interactive. The goal is to establish offices in eight
cities over the world, and ultimately, build the next
successful crypto currency. You must increase the value
of your crypto, and build a business team around it. You
can list your crypto on coin exchanges, speculate in the
crypto market, and trade all crypto. You’ll have an ICO
(Initial Coin Offering) for your crypto and the opportunity
to invest in other players’ coins.
Learning Concepts:

Knowledge of cryptocurrency
Knowledge of markets
Business management
Teamwork

24. Modern Art (10+)

The game of buying and selling collectible modern art. In

this card game, you’ll go to auctions to buy art, and then
resell them for profit. The profit is based on valuation
principles. The player with the most money after four
rounds of buying and selling wins.

Learning Concepts:
 Buying and selling
Profit margin
Asset valuation

25. Brass (10+)

If you could go back in
time, would you know
where to put your
money to make a
fortune? Brass gives
you the opportunity to
find out. You’re going
back to 18th-century
Lancashire, England,
just before the
Industrial Revolution.
You’ll be given the
opportunity to take
advantage of the
coming change, but
it’s up to you to figure
out how you do it.

As you take advantage of opportunities, you’ll be able to

build factories, dig canals, develop new technology, or
innovate in whatever way you see fit. Make your money
work for you through investing. May the best investor win.

Learning Concepts:
 Decision making
Critical thinking
Building businesses
Investing

26. Know Opportunity (10+)

This is kind of the model game for this list — fun for the
whole family, yet highly educational. The game created for
entrepreneurs, by entrepreneurs. Know Opportunity
teaches entrepreneurship from the global level. It comes
complete with a full educator’s package, if you choose
that option. This game fits well into any homeschool
curriculum for children, as an addition to public school
curriculum, or simply as a fun game to play with your kids.
While it was designed for adults, the makers claim that
children as young as 10 have been able to easily figure it
out.

Learning Concepts:

International trade
Entrepreneurship
Business startup
Investing

27. Merchants of Amsterdam (10+)

You’re competing to build castles in historical Amsterdam,
but there is more than one way to win the game. You can
win in one of three ways, depending on how you build
your castle empire. There are special abilities, capture
cards, and special cards that all change up the game.
While some luck is involved, skill and strategy are most
important.

Learning Concepts:

Business management
Buying and selling

28. I’m the Boss (11+)

The real game of making deals. It’s all about making deals
with other players, and negotiating to get what you want.
The action cards change things up, as other players can
insert themselves into deals, and otherwise mess up other
players’ deals. The odds increase as you go.

Learning Concepts:

Business management
Negotiation

Ages 12 and Up (25 Games)

At this age, kids are ready to play more challenging

games. They fully understand the value of money, and
they’re starting to understand the ways they prefer to
acquire it. These games will continue to teach kids about
the stock market, other investing skills, and more
importantly, the entrepreneurial skills they need to think
strategically in any industry.

29. Charge Large (12+)

Now we’re getting into managing liabilities and assets.

Players start off with gold, an entry-level credit card, and
some cash. As you travel around the board, you have the
opportunity to leverage cash and credit. The goal is to
upgrade to the “Black Card,” and accumulate $2,500 in
cash. You may be thinking that this game teaches kids to
want the best credit cards, but to win you must be debt-
free! Weird flex, I know.

Learning Concepts:

Basic financial management

Managing assets and liabilities
The value of being debt-free

30. The World of Wall Street (12+)

Players move around the board buying and selling shares
of stock in eight corporations. News headlines and
random events impact the price of the stocks daily. The
player with the most money after 24 days (rounds) wins
the game. It’s simple to play, but it gets kids making stock
market decisions.

Learning Concepts:

Introduction to the stock market

Stock trading and valuation

31. Go for Broke (12+)

Go For Broke is a roll and move game, where players

receive one million dollars from the bank and race to be
the first player to spend all of their money and go
bankrupt. Players can risk money at the racetrack, the
casino, or the the stock market… or they can make
donations to charity. Outcomes are determined by spend
and receive cards, and by the spinners that represent the
various locations. You know how people say it’s good for
kids to play games like Grand Theft Auto (not that I’m
endorsing it), instead of doing those things in real life.
Yeah, that.

Learning Concepts:

Teaches the financial concept of bankruptcy

Shows how risky gambling and the stock market can
be

32. Hot Company (12+)

Players each control a company and try to be the first to

earn $100,000. This is accomplished by moving along the
game board path and following the instructions for the
squares landed on. The game focuses not just on the
accumulation of wealth but also on social and
environmental responsibility. There are also three decks of
cards that add variety to the game: fortune, challenge,
and situation cards.

Learning Concepts:

Basic financial management

Financial and business trivia
Introduction to business ethics

33. Globalization (12+)

Globalization brings the exciting world of big business into

your living room. You are the head of a multinational
corporation with one goal in mind: to make money. Outbid
your competitors to acquire businesses within six different
industries, and grow your conglomerate. Streamline
operating costs, build additional factories, sue your
competitors or take one of your subsidiaries public for big
returns. Your corporate strategy will impact which
companies you buy and how to take your corporation
worldwide. The synergy that comes from the right
company combinations increases your perceived net
worth. The first to reach a billion in net worth wins!

Learning Concepts:

How to calculate net worth

Business management
Business acquisition

34. Joel Harden’s Mogul (12+)

The real estate game that teaches real business skills,
whether you plan to pursue real estate or not. Each player
will move tenants into properties, collect rent and salary,
and even get hot tips for great deals on properties. Mogul
is an open-ended game. The goal is to get to a pre-
determined net worth first, but how you do it is up to you.
Will you leverage every asset you have, flip properties, or
take a more conservative approach? You can diversify
your holdings all over the board, or try to corner a
neighborhood — there is no right answer, but unforeseen
events can throw all your plans askew. Just as easily as a
new office complex can double your properties’ value, a
natural disaster can wipe out your entire neighborhood.

Landing on B”ills and Maintenance” can either bring a

$100 fine, or a $20,000 sewage system replacement.
Good Luck / Bad Luck cards are just as unpredictable.
Players go through the math, calculate finance and
acquisition costs, calculate equity, and determine net
worth, so you know when you win.

Learning Concepts:

Real estate management

Real estate acquisition
Business management
Business acquisition
Financial management

35. Genoa (12+)

This is a game of trading, wares, and negotiation. The
players take the roles of traders in 16th-century Genoa.
They fulfill orders, deliver messages, and take ownership
of buildings in the city. Of course, this is not possible
without the help of the other traders. Thus, the need for
clever negotiation. And that can cost money and other
valuable goods. The player who earns the most is the
winner.

Learning Concepts:

Real estate acquisition

Financial management
Trade skills
Negotiation
36. Puerto Rico (12+)
Players assume the
roles of colonial
governors on the
island of Puerto Rico.
The aim of the game is
to amass victory points
by shipping goods to
Europe or by
constructing buildings.
Each player uses a
separate small board
with spaces for city
buildings, plantations,
and resources. Shared
between the players
are three ships, a
trading house, and a
supply of resources and doubloons.

During each round, players take turns selecting a role card

from those on the table (such as “trader” or “builder”).
When a role is chosen, every player gets to take the action
appropriate to that role. Players earn “victory points” for
owning buildings, shipping goods, and manned “large
buildings.” Each player’s accumulated shipping chips are
kept face down and come in denominations of one or five.
This prevents other players from being able to determine
the exact score of another player. Goods and doubloons
are placed in clear view of other players and the totals of
each can always be requested by a player. As the game
enters its later stages, the unknown quantity of shipping
tokens and its denominations require players to consider
their options before choosing a role that can end the
game.

Learning Concepts:

Real estate acquisition

Real estate management
Trade skills

37. The Entrepreneur Game (12+)

The Entrepreneur Board Game teaches real
entrepreneurial skills.It’s the first and only entrepreneur
board game in the world that is STEM approved! You
choose between a home-based business or a brick &
mortar business. There are four decks in the game that
are color coded with the game spaces. Land on a colored
space and pick a card from the corresponding colored
deck. “Marketing” cards give you the opportunity to
market your business, if you have the cash. “Wild” cards
can mean anything for your business. “Losses” cards will
throw challenges and setbacks at you that you’ll have to
overcome. “Trump” cards are big-business cards that
trump all. Compete to be the winning entrepreneur.

Learning Concepts:

Financial management
Building a business
Decision making
Marketing and branding
Communication
Negotiation
Investing

38. 1920 Wall Street (12+)

On September 16, 1920, a cart, pulled by horses and

loaded with dynamite, burst in the middle of the financial
district’s most famous street, leaving a multitude of
victims. In 1920 Wall Street, each player tries to collect
shares from four different companies (corn, cotton, steel
and oil), sell them if they need money, and influence the
value of the different companies in the stock market. They
earn points for making the market fluctuate and for the
shares they collect — if they reach the minimum quantity
of each kind.

The “Wall Street Bombing” that occurred in 1920 will

trigger the end of the game, and make some changes on
the way it’s scored. These changes are affected by the
way players discard their cards during the game.

Learning Concepts:

Buying and selling stocks

Wall Street history

Critical thinking

39. Acquire (12+)

In Acquire, you plan, build, and own the next super city.
Saxon City is buzzing with promising startups. Investors
predict it will emerge as a prime location for
entertainment, fashion, food, marketing, and other major
industries. Players compete with other venture capitalists
to build the city, and own majority shares in the most
lucrative corporations. Players make money by forming,
merging and expanding corporations, plus buying the
right stocks at the right time. Who will end up being the
richest investor in Saxon City? The winner, that’s who.
Learning Concepts:

Business management
Building a business
Buying and selling stocks

40. The Bottom Line (12+)

The idea of The Bottom Line is to accumulate $5,000,000

and land on the Bank, so as to buy it. Not as easy as it
sounds. You have $1,000,000 cash, $2,000,000 in debt
and 2000 oz. of gold to begin. There are several different
businesses, and you can buy parts of them for anywhere
from $100,000 each for residentials, to $600,000 for
casinos. When someone lands on a property you own, you
get $50,000 per property of the same kind you own.

The big money comes when you collect a full set of

property. Land on a Drive-in Realtor and you can collect
multiple millions for selling your set. There are also
Options, which allow you to buy lots from your opponents
at nauseatingly low prices, and gold is bought for
$600,000 a brick (or in that area) and sells for over $1
million. Gold seems to be the fast way to money, but you
must have the appropriate card, or you’ll get fined
$100,000. As players get out of debt (or deeper in it), they
will find themselves in a die-rolling race to land on the
Bank, or square 17, which allows you to go anywhere you
want.4

Learning Concepts:

Property management
Acquiring and managing real estate
Financial management

41. The Next Big Thing (12+)

As you may have guessed, players compete to create
“The Next Big Thing”, using your initial cash savings and
your skills to create a minimal viable product, gain initial
traction, and then go on to raise multiple rounds of capital
from investors. During the game, you’ll experience many
of the ups and downs of the entrepreneurial journey
including: increasing revenues while balancing against
expenses to grow the company, various significant events
(good and bad), and creating an impact that changes the
world.

There are also multiple paths such as an accelerator path,

pivot paths, and in the end (if you haven’t gone bankrupt),
players decide to either take the acquisition path or IPO
path. The winner is the player who exits (“cashes out”)
with the most money, by creating the company with the
largest valuation, while still maintaining the most founder’s
ownership and generating the most positive impact on the
world.

Note: This game has been criticized by more than a few

people (you’ll see at least one example in the Amazon
reviews) for leaving too much to chance and luck. This
doesn’t take away the fun factor, but it can hinder the
learning factor.

Learning Concepts:

Business management
Entrepreneurship

42. Power Grid (12+)

The object of Power Grid is to supply the most cities with
power when someone’s network gains a predetermined
size. Players mark pre-existing routes between cities for
connection, and then vie against other players to
purchase the power plants that you use to supply the
power.

As plants are purchased, newer and more efficient plants

become available, so you’re effectively allowing others
access to superior equipment. Additionally, players must
acquire the raw materials like coal, oil, garbage, or
uranium to power the plants, making it a constant struggle
to upgrade your plants for maximum efficiency. It takes
about two hours to play.
Learning Concepts:

Acquiring and
managing resources
Business
management

43. ThriveTime
for Teens (13+)
Developed with guidance by Sharon Lechter, co-author of
the Best-Selling Books: Three Feet from Gold, Rich Dad
Poor Dad and the Rich Dad series of books and products,
including the Cashflow 101 board game (featured
below). ThriveTime for Teens teaches financial
management and cash flow skills in a fun and engaging
way. Plus, it puts an emphasis on giving back to others
and inspires discussion and further learning.

Learning Concepts:

Financial management
 Cash flow management
The value of giving

44. Automobile (13+)

This game goes back to the invention of cars and let’s you
participate. Tapping into the talents of men like Ford,
Sloan, Kettering, Howard, Durant, and Chrysler, you
balance quality versus quantity, mass production versus
premium branding, and innovation versus distribution and
aggressive sales. Lose your balance and you go bust.
Strike the best balance, shift the right gears to beat your
rivals, and you’ll be rich.

Learning Concepts:
 Business management
Production

45. Oneupmanship (13+)

Oneupmanship is a satirical board game where the

players struggle for money, power, and ego. The winner is
the first player to earn $100,000 through any means
possible: playing the stock market, building skyscrapers,
gambling, or collecting trophies.

Learning Concepts:

Buying and selling stocks

Entrepreneurship

46. Stockpile (13+)

Stockpile is an economic board game that combines the
traditional stockholding strategy of buy low, sell high with
several additional mechanisms to create a fast-paced,
engaging and interactive experience. Players act as stock
market investors at the end of the 20th century hoping to
strike it rich, and the investor with the most money at the
end of the game is the winner. Stockpile centers around
the idea that “nobody knows everything about the stock
market, but everyone does know something.”

Do you hold onto a stock in hopes of catching a lucrative

stock split, or sell now to avoid the potential company
bankruptcy? Can you hold onto your stock until the end of
the game to become the majority shareholder, or do you
need the liquidity of cash now for future bidding? Do you
risk it all by investing heavily into one company, or do you
mitigate your risk by diversifying your investments?

Learning Concepts:

Buying and selling stocks

Decision making

47. Cashflow (14+)

Battle your way out of the “Rat Race” by acquiring

property, stocks, businesses and precious metals. You’re
not just playing against each other; you’re playing against
the housing market, the stock market and even mother
nature.

Cashflow starts you in a typical 9-to-5 job (that’s not the

fun part) and takes you on a journey to build up an arsenal
of assets that will propel you into the fast track where real
wealth is built (the fun part). The game not only teaches
you how to invest and acquire assets, but most
importantly how you behave within investing scenarios.
You can test out strategies for building wealth that you
might never try in real life. If you’re a saver, try aggressive
investing. If you’re a risk-taker, try slow growth.

Learning Concepts:

Business acquisition
Financial management
Investing principles
Investing methods

48. Million Dollar Challenge (14+)

Though this game can be fairly complex, it gets easier
with each play. You and your kids will learn all about
different types of investments that you can make in real
life (stock indexes, bonds, gold, etc.), and you’ll have to
decide which route you want to take. This is one of the
best games on the list for teaching, but it’s also one of the
more difficult games to grasp.

Learning Concepts:

Financial management
Investing principles
Investing methods

49. Startup Fever (14+)

In Startup Fever, you play as company founders in Silicon
Valley. You’ll manage money and employees (engineers,
sales, executives), and
allocate them to the right
products. Investing in
engineers creates better
products, who attract more
users, who generate money.

Investing in sales generates

more money, which can be
used to hire more engineers,
but doesn’t directly improve
the products. At the end of
every year, the best products steal users from the other
products in a product showdown.

Learning Concepts:

Business management
Entrepreneurship

50. Franklin’s Fortune (14+)

Created by a small Massachusetts company, Franklin’s
Fortune is an incredibly fast-paced, challenging, strategy
and deck-building game. Each player must create their
own long-term strategy to build up as much of Franklin’s
fortune as they can. Every turn is an opportunity to use
your resources: energy, persistence, and sterling, to
strategically gain and build on Ben Franklin’s secrets to
living life to the fullest.

Each player has limited energy available, so players must

weigh out the opportunity cost of what they decide to
pursue during their turn. You’ll work from “sunrise” to
“sunset” learning to turn motion into action, as the secrets
of success become your wisdom of how to use your own
energy.

Learning Concepts:

Financial management
Self improvement

51. Billionaire (14+)

As a modification and retheme of a Parker Brothers game

called Landslide, Billionaire takes the same concept, but
applies it to building a business. In Billionaire, players try
to become a billionaire by investing in various
commodities from around the world. Secret “Sealed Bids,”
and a unique stock analyzer randomizer, are the basis
behind this game. It’s marketed in the UK under the name,
Fortune Hunter.
Learning Concepts:

Financial management
Investing

52. Global Mogul (14+)

In Global Mogul—the game where money and deals flow
like water—players build their empire across the globe,
sending agents far and wide as they expend capital and
gain access to valuable resources needed to fulfill
lucrative contracts. Struggle to dominate world markets
and control resources regionally.

Expand your interests, acquire companies that provide an

edge on the competition, and more efficient use of
resources. The venture-capital market is giving away
money, and you don’t even have to pay it back, but it does
tie up valuable agents until you do. Global Mogul is a
limited action, worker placement, resource acquisition and
opportunity management game. Win by being best at
balancing your short-term goal of fulfilling contracts for
cash with your long term goals of building corporate
infrastructure, and controlling markets and regions.

Learning Concepts:

Business management
Decision making

53. Playing Lean 2 (14+)

Playing Lean 2 is the board game where players face the
hard choices of innovation without leaving home. It’s like a
flight simulator for creating a startup company. It’s a safe
place where thousands of entrepreneurs have learned to
fly without risking their life savings.

In Playing Lean 2, you lead a team that tries to get from an

idea to a winning product. The transition from dealing with
visionary individuals to capturing large chunks of
thousands of customers will be difficult.

The choices you make will be hard ones. Should you go

with your gut and build what you think the market needs,
or should you spend your sparse resources on
experiments? Though it was really created for adults, it’s a
great introduction into the world of entrepreneurship, and
startups, for teens.
Learning Concepts:

Building a business
Business management
Entrepreneurship

Adding More Games

I hope to add more games as I find them. I’ve added some
games since I first made this list in 2019. While this isn’t a
completely exhaustive list, it’s pretty close. If I found a
game that can teach any sort of finance lessons, I
included it on this list.

As I find more games, I’ll add them!

Note: Games become available and unavailable all the

time. All of these games may not be available for purchase
at any given time (the majority of them will be), but
eventually, they should be back on sale. If a link isn’t
working, and you want the game, just do a quick Google
search. You may have to buy some of these used.