03/01/2004
If you suffer pangs of anxiety when you take your attention from the business
world, but you want to spend time with your children, check out Wall Street
Up/Down, a game with a board that resembles Monopoly but with Wall Street News
cards, Treasury bonds, stock certificates, Citibank IOUs and cards that dictate
government agency rulings and specialty trading. A sliding scale of Market Price
Indicators governs the play. Of course, there also is plenty of fake
cash.The game is the brainchild of lawyer Emil F. Mastro and is produced by Game Masters International (718.268.4623, admin@gamemastersintl.com). The game itself is $34.95, but its true intent is as a teaching tool for middle school through college. A program with an instructor’s manual and six games is $199.95.
The teacher’s manual includes nine lessons, ranging from the mechanics of buying on the New York Stock Exchange to types of corporations and how they are taxed to market trends and moods.