Games / Strategy
CorporateRaider™
Buy the competition. Price like you own the market. Try not to meet the FTC.
You run a company in a three-tier supply chain: materials, manufacturers, retailers. Acquire rivals, refinance, sell or liquidate. Every competitor you remove from a tier is pricing power you keep.
Consolidate too far and regulators take notice. Borrow too much and a recession finds you first.
What it teaches
Porter's Five Forces, one mechanic at a time: you are the new entrant, the number of buyers and suppliers sets your margin, fixed costs decide how many firms an industry can carry, and vertical integration answers rivalry.