Overview

Roope-Seta Liikemiespeli (Finnish for “Uncle Scrooge’s Business Game”) is a Finnish Monopoly-style board game published by Tactic Games, featuring Disney’s Scrooge McDuck (Roope-Seta in Finnish). Players move around the board buying shares in various businesses, earning money, and competing to become the richest player. Gold coins stacked in the center of the board serve as a game timer, and the game ends when the last gold coin is taken.

Components

• Game board featuring Scrooge McDuck-themed business locations
• Player tokens
• Share cards (5 shares available per property)
• Gold coins (placed in center of board as timer)
• Money in various denominations
• Event cards
• Dice

Setup

1. Place the game board in the center of the table.
2. Stack gold coins in the center of the board.
3. Each player selects a token and receives starting money.
4. Place share cards near their corresponding board locations.
5. Shuffle event cards and place them face-down.
6. Determine the starting player.

Turn Structure

On each turn:

1. Roll Dice: Roll the dice and move your token clockwise around the board.
2. Resolve Landing Space:
   • Business Location: If another player owns more shares here than you, pay them rent. Then you may buy available shares in this location.
   • Event Card Space: Draw an event card and resolve its effect.
   • Gold Coin Space: Collect a gold coin from the center stack.
   • Special Spaces: Various other effects (tax, bonus, etc.).
3. Buy Shares (optional): Purchase shares in the business where you landed (up to 5 shares per location).

Actions

Buy Shares: Purchase available shares in a business location. Each share grants a proportional ownership stake. Owning more shares increases your rent income when opponents land on that space.

Collect Rent: When an opponent lands on a location where you hold more shares than they do, they pay you rent based on your share count.

Collect Gold Coins: Landing on or passing specific spaces may allow you to take gold coins from the central pile. Gold coins have monetary value for end-game scoring.

Event Cards: These cards may give or take money, force trades, move your token to specific locations, or trigger other effects.

Share Benefits: Some locations provide special abilities to majority shareholders:

• Ankka-Air (airline): Improved movement options.
• Billionaire’s Club: Ability to take money from other players.
• Other locations provide unique thematic bonuses.

Scoring / Victory Conditions

The game ends when the last gold coin is removed from the center of the board. Players then total:

• Cash on hand
• Value of all shares held
• Value of gold coins collected

The player with the highest total wealth wins.

Special Rules & Edge Cases

• The gold coin stack is the game timer; when it empties, the game ends immediately after the current turn.
• Share prices are fixed; shares cannot be traded between players (only bought from the bank).
• Rent is only paid when the landing player owns fewer shares than another player in that location.
• Event cards can significantly affect the game balance; some are highly beneficial and others are punishing.
• The game is in Finnish; rules are available in Finnish with thematic references to Scrooge McDuck and Duckburg.

Player Reference

Turn: Roll dice > Move token > Pay rent (if applicable) > Buy shares (optional) > Resolve event cards.

Win: Richest player (cash + shares + gold coins) when gold coin stack is depleted.

Key mechanic: Share majority determines who collects rent.