# Spice Merchant

Spice Merchant is a board game for 3–4 players. It plays in 15 minutes and is meant for ages 8 and up. Ludoya players call it best with 3.

- **Players:** 3–4 (best with 3)
- **Playing time:** 15 minutes
- **Minimum age:** 8+
- **Complexity:** 1.2 out of 5
- **Year published:** 2012
- **Categories:** Economic, Card Game
- **Mechanics:** Commodity Speculation, Secret Unit Deployment, Hand Management, Betting and Bluffing
- **Plays logged on Ludoya:** 7
- **Unique players:** 2

**Designers:** Gary Kim

**Artists:** Mathieu Leyssenne, Sung-Jin Joo

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## Links

- [This page](https://www.ludoya.com/games/spice-merchant)
- [Spice Merchant in the Ludoya app](https://app.ludoya.com/g/spice-merchant)
- [BoardGameGeek entry](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/130242)

_Data from Ludoya, updated 2026-09-20. Ratings, ownership and play counts are Ludoya's own._