the Market.

A ruthless, online board game where fantasy strategy meets the stock market. Trade on breaking news, deploy arcane interference, and bankrupt your friends. Don't just predict the market - manipulate it.

1-8 Players/ AI Bots/ Interactive Tutorial

GAME MECHANICS

Spellfolio contains various systems that unlock as the game progresses. Here's what awaits you:

Premonitions

Glimpse the future. Receive secret visions of upcoming news to front-run the market before anyone else knows.

Player Roles

Draft powerful, temporary advantages at the start of each month to break the rules in your favor.

Bear Funds

Bet against the board. Found short-selling funds through blind auctions to profit massively when a target stock crashes.

Stability Bonds

Low-risk investments providing steady monthly returns, boosted by owning sponsor company shares.

GTX Fund

An elite, restricted fund yielding 25% annually, earned only by winning Year-End Awards.

Wizard Hire

Deploy arcane interference. Sabotage competitors by artificially inflating or crashing asset prices outside of normal logic.

Dividend Advisory

Secretly advise corporate boards on dividend sizes to benefit your portfolio or enable a short play.

Loans

Take out cash loans to leverage your trading positions and seize fleeting market opportunities.

THE MONTHLY LOOP

The market operates on a strict monthly schedule. Master the phases of the trading cycle to outmaneuver your rivals.

Matches are played over a set number of months (20 by default). The player with the highest net worth at the end wins.

Phase 1 // Setup

Roles & Premonitions

The month begins in secret. Powerful roles are dealt, psychic visions are revealed, and hidden corporate agendas are locked in.

Phase 2 // Trading Window A

Market Open

Early earnings and the first major news stories hit the wire. The market opens. Execute your trades based on your secret intel.

Phase 3 // Intermission

Market Shift

Dividends are declared and new story developments shift market momentum before the final trading window.

Phase 4 // Trading Window B

The Climax

Late-breaking news drops and wizard interference strikes. Your final chance to execute trades before the month closes.

Phase 5 // Post-Market

Settlement

The month concludes. Payouts from dividends and bonds settle, asset prices correct toward their true underlying value, and the cycle repeats.

How to start a game

Create a Room

Spin up a private lobby and set your trading rules. Learn the ropes in the interactive tutorial, then jump into a live match.

Invite Friends

Share your secure room code with up to 7 players, or fill empty seats with AI bots. Bring your friends, but prepare to make enemies.

Predict & Influence

Use psychic premonitions to foresee crashes, and hire wizards to hex the assets of your competitors.

Play the Market

Buy low, sell high, and manipulate everything in between. Bankrupt the lobby to secure the highest net worth.