Fun (but very basic) 'Run A Winery' Game

WINE TALK
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Same thing happened to me.

That’s what we get for not investing enough in the winery upgrades.

Luckily, the business climate is such that it’s not like something bad happened.

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OSHA shmOSHA. no big deal [wink.gif]

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I believe they call that pulling a John Fox.

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I apologize for the drift, but someone did mention hookers and cocaine. Are there wineries who have allegedly done this, or was it just a joke?

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I think that’s part of why I love it so much. At any arbitrary moment your winery can be smitten from existence by a strain of bacteria, or falling barrels killing the winemaker.

Nice contrast to fancy wine tastings and the adoration of the critics. lol.

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TASTING NOTE: Full-Bodied, Fleshy Red. Loads of bodies. Meaty notes. Aftertaste of denim.

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The only metric is in monetary terms. What if the game had an option to also rate your performance in terms of RP points achieved? Now that would be interesting…

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[welldone.gif]

That would be fun.

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I killed him twice. He’s more that dead already.

And I’m bankrupt all three times.

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Bankrupt the first four times. Think I killed a guy with a forklift in one of the runs. Ended with $149m on round five. That is Wagner level money.
I have no first (or second) hand knowledge of bribes paid to critics. But like most of us here I have consumed a wine with glowing critic reviews and thought
“Who paid him to write that? It tastes like grape jelly percolated through burnt oak chips.”

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[welldone.gif]

I like the chat about the game as much as I like the game! More!

[cheers.gif]

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Fun thread!!

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I learned that scandal in year 13 (damn hookers) can ruin you and tourists can get you through the tough times! Build a castle they will come [wow.gif]

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I had no idea so many people died during the winemaking process!

Retired with a Net Worth of $233,520,765
score 4670

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Agreed. I thought about the high-volume wines we tend to criticize here and tried to emulate it. Plonk sells!

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Looks like his sort of business model, considering all the income the first year.

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Back in the '70s.

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This is too easy, anyone got 5 million I can borrow?

First time, I tried to play smart – got to about 65mm at the end. Second try, I went all out for touristy and high quality. I was making more off tourists(40mm/year) than the wine at the end.

You Win!
You ended with $275,093,651
You Started with $5,000,000
That gives you a final score of:
5,502

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Ok, I sold myself like a cheap [insert your favorite saying].

Evidently AFWE leads one to poor house, nobody wants those flavorless wines. So I decided to make average hooch, but market myself like Vegas and oak the crap out of the wine. I built a small-like fortune, got bored, cashed out to Kendall Jackson, and am now hanging out in Cabo in a yellow speedo.


Net Worth:
$75,741,094
End of Year:
15
Bottle Price:
$ 32.56

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There are so many great quotes in this thread:

“AFWE leads one to poor house, nobody wants those flavorless wines” - Robert Alfert Jr.

“I keep expecting to lose a wagon wheel or die of dysentery.” - amjohnstone

“Only two good vintages in 20 years” - Anton D

“I didn’t see the option to bribe critics with hookers and cocaine.” - M McCombs

“I was doing well until I apparently killed a winery employee doing punchdowns…” - Todd French

“Same thing happened to me.” - Anton D.'s response to Todd

“I killed him twice…And I’m bankrupt all three times.” - Robert Alfert Jr.

“Bankrupt the first four times. Think I killed a guy with a forklift” - M McCombs

“I had no idea so many people died during the winemaking process” - Peter Tryba

and, definitively…

“Plonk sells!” - David Glasser