Overview
At a glance
Is this game right for my group?
ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Harder to teach
High replayability
Highly interactive
Scales well
Deep strategy
More strategic control
How it plays
How does it play?
Move goods through early-eighteenth-century London, expand transport and storage, and finance the contracts that grow your trading house.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
Market
Buy and sell through a shared supply whose availability or prices can change.
Contracts
Complete specific requirements to earn rewards, income, or victory points.
Pick-up and Deliver
Use Pick-up and Deliver as a recurring structure for player decisions and resolution.
Hidden Victory Points
Some scores remain concealed until a reveal or the end of the game.
Loans
Borrow resources now and repay them later, usually with an additional cost.
End Game Bonuses
Earn additional points for meeting conditions evaluated when the game ends.
Read the full game description
Oranges & Lemons is an economic worker-placement game about merchants in early-eighteenth-century London. Players begin with two workers, limited storage, and a handcart, then build the commercial infrastructure needed to buy, move, and sell goods across the city. Better transport—from horse carts to ships—opens more profitable opportunities, while warehouses increase capacity and contracts reward timely delivery. Loans can finance expansion but create obligations that cannot be ignored. As the game develops, merchants may enter export markets, political circles, overseas expeditions, and an early stock market, each offering a different route to points and influence. Hidden objectives and end-game bonuses keep competitors’ priorities uncertain until the final accounts are settled.
