Recommended starting point · 10 visual guides
Start with the BoardMasters guides. Learn how companies, stock markets, financial reports, IPOs, bonds, shareholders and takeovers work before making your first decisions.
New to BoardMasters? Reading the introductory guide first is recommended.
Your recommended first step
The guides explain the mechanics, calculations and strategic consequences that appear later in the game. Pick the route that best matches what you want to do.
Open the complete guide library →Learn how the player, company, market and shared economy connect before making strategic decisions.
Begin with the introduction →Learn to build equity, read financial reports, obtain financing and manage corporate actions.
Begin the CEO path →Analyse shares, bonds, IPOs, shareholders and takeover opportunities before committing capital.
Begin the investor path →Featured guides
Each guide combines clear explanations, examples, calculations and visual panels based on the actual BoardMasters mechanics.
Understand the living economy, the two player roles and how every decision affects other companies.
Connect cash, results, equity, investments and external growth.
Read prices, orders, news and company fundamentals before buying.
Interpret the income statement, balance sheet, cash flow, ratios and trends.
Understand coupons, maturity, prices, reserves and default risk.
Learn about offer prices, the 51% threshold and integration of assets, debt and gems.
Why begin with the guides?
An IPO changes ownership. Debt changes future liquidity. Dividends change cash. A takeover may transfer assets, obligations and strategic advantages. The guides show those connections before you face them in the game.
After the guides
Read the introduction and identify whether you want to begin as a CEO, investor or both.
Continue with company growth, markets, finance or corporate control.
Create your account knowing which screens, figures and decisions deserve your attention.
Ready after reading?
Create your account and start making decisions with the guide library available whenever you need it.