Business Baron

Every scenario in Business Baron

All 103 scenarios in Business Baron: a fixed seed, a fixed start and a scored objective, from the Winter of Discontent to a rival in administration.

  • The Winter of Discontent, December 1978: Rubbish in the streets. Beer in the cellar.
  • Black Wednesday, September 1992: Fifteen per cent. By lunchtime.
  • The Superstore Opens, April 1986: Free parking. Open till eight.
  • Eighteen Months to the Crash, January 1999: Eyeballs now. Profits later.
  • October 2008, October 2008: The phone stops. That is the whole thing.
  • March 2020, March 2020: Closed until further notice.
  • Four Weeks to Get Ready, December 2020: Customs declarations. For the first time ever.
  • Nobody Can Drive It, July 2021: The work is there. The drivers are not.
  • The Energy Bill, August 2022: Six times last year. For the same kilowatt hours.
  • The Family Firm, January 2015: Your name on the sign. Your brother on the board.
  • Ninety Days, February 2012: The facility is repayable on demand.
  • The Week After, June 2019: She nearly died because of a sandwich.
  • Zero, March 2017: Urgent improvement necessary.
  • The Machine That Earns, September 2014: Do not use until remedied.
  • Four Claims, One Redundancy, May 2018: No consultation. No pool. No hope.
  • The Anchor Leaves, September 2019: Everyone came for them. They stayed for you.
  • Two Years Out, April 2021: You want to retire. Nobody wants the keys.
  • The Problem They Have Not Found, February 2022: Eight weeks of exclusivity. One thing you know.
  • Forty-Five Per Cent, June 2016: One customer. Six months' notice.
  • He Wants Out, February 2019: Fifty-fifty. No agreement.
  • The Hostile Bid, May 2023: They have gone straight to your shareholders.
  • The Buy-Out, October 2017: You run it. Now buy it.
  • The Trust That Does Not Quite Add Up, March 2024: Sell it to the staff. Out of future profits.
  • Forty-Eight Hours, November 2010: The administrator wants an answer by Friday.
  • The New Money, February 1971: Twelve pence in a shilling. Not any more.
  • Coupons for the Tank, November 1973: The work is there. The fuel is not.
  • Three Days a Week, January 1974: The ovens are electric. So is the problem.
  • Fifteen Per Cent Overnight, June 1979: Eight went to fifteen. On a Monday.
  • A Year Without Wages, March 1984: Everybody's tab. Nobody's pay packet.
  • Deregulation Day, October 1986: Register a route. Anyone can.
  • Buy Land, They Said, January 1988: Nothing can go wrong. For about two years.
  • The Undertaking, January 1990: Nobody can leave. Everybody is watching.
  • The Tunnel Opens, May 1994: Thirty-five minutes. No tide, no weather.
  • Franchise Number One, February 1996: Seven years. One punctuality figure.
  • Racks for Rent, March 2000: Built for a boom. The boom is over.
  • The Week the Sky Closed, September 2001: Nothing flew. Then nobody wanted to.
  • One July, July 2007: Last orders. Outside.
  • Six Days, April 2010: Nothing moved. And nothing was insured against it.
  • The Last Bus, April 2011: Twenty-two routes. Nine of them paid for.
  • The Bid, March 2015: You run it. Now win it again.
  • The Main Contractor, January 2018: Four sites. One certificate nobody will sign.
  • Nineteen Thousand Bins, March 2018: One fortnight. One number.
  • Everybody Home, March 2020: Two ships at sea. Nowhere to put them.
  • The Cap and the Curve, September 2021: Bought short. Selling under a cap.
  • The April Bill, April 2025: Same residents. A great deal more payroll.
  • The App Arrives, July 2012: Four minutes away. On a map, on a phone.
  • Fit and Proper, September 2017: Thousands of drivers. One licence, and it has just been refused.
  • Order In, March 2020: Every dining room in the country is shut. Every kitchen is open for delivery.
  • Scooters on the Street, July 2020: The rules changed on Saturday. The scooters arrive on Monday.
  • Logged On, February 2021: Every hour logged on is an hour at the minimum wage.
  • The Super-Deduction, April 2021: Buy a robot for £100,000. Deduct £130,000.
  • Twelve Pounds Fifty, August 2023: Every day the old van leaves the drive, it costs you £12.50.
  • Plugging In, November 2023: Ninety-nine per cent. In the rain, at midnight, every time.
  • Countdown, January 2024: Licensed for thirty launches a year. Waiting for the first.
  • Hands Off, May 2026: The car drives itself. Somebody is still paid to sit in it.
  • VAT Day, April 1973: Ten per cent on the bill. Nobody has done this before.
  • The Long Hot Summer, June 1976: A fortnight over ninety degrees. The freezer is working flat out.
  • Tell Sid, November 1986: Everybody is buying gas shares. Somebody has to fit the boilers.
  • Sunday Trading, August 1994: Six hours on a Sunday. The busiest day of the week.
  • The Minimum Wage, April 1999: £3.60 an hour. For everyone aged twenty-two and over.
  • Twenty-Four Hours, November 2005: Last orders is up to you. So is the council.
  • PIN Day, February 2006: Sign here. Not any more.
  • The Twenty-Fifth of May, May 2018: Forty thousand email addresses. Did any of them say yes?
  • The Box, June 1968: Twenty feet of steel box. No more loading by hand.
  • Equal Pay, December 1975: Same work. Same pay. From Monday.
  • Invaders, June 1979: Ten pence a go. The queue is out of the door.
  • Seventeen Per Cent, January 1980: Seventeen per cent. And a pound nobody abroad can afford.
  • The Micro Boom, April 1982: A computer in every home. For about two years.
  • Car Phone, January 1985: Two thousand pounds for a telephone. In a car.
  • Big Bang, October 1986: The floor is empty. The screens are everything.
  • Private Coal, January 1995: The pits are private again. The power stations want gas.
  • No Frills, November 1995: Twenty-nine pounds to Glasgow. Book it yourself, by phone.
  • Free Access, September 1998: Internet access for nothing. You charge ten pounds a month.
  • One Network, November 2007: One network. One phone everybody wants.
  • The App Store, July 2008: Five hundred apps on the first day. Make the five hundred and first.
  • The Sell-Off, October 2013: The Post Office is on the stock market. The parcels are everywhere.
  • The Morning After, June 2016: Half the kitchen is European. The pound fell overnight.
  • Off Gold, September 1931: Sterling floats. The dollar price does not.
  • The Hungry Thirties, January 1933: Four looms each. The masters want eight.
  • Test Day, June 1935: Seven and six to sit the test. A third of them fail it.
  • Rise and Shine, April 1936: Three meals, a dance and a chalet. All for a week's wages.
  • The Wireless Boom, November 1936: Pictures by wireless. Twenty-five miles from the Palace, if you are lucky.
  • Shadow Factory, May 1938: Twelve thousand aircraft in two years. You are building some of them.
  • Declaration, September 1939: The lights go out tonight. The shop opens at eight.
  • On the Ration, January 1940: Registered customers only. One and tenpence a head.
  • The Blitz, September 1940: Fifty-seven nights running. The bar is still open.
  • Demob, May 1945: The war is over. The contracts end on Friday.
  • Vesting Day, December 1946: On New Year's Day the pit belongs to the Board.
  • The Winter of '47, February 1947: No power for industry. No bread without units.
  • Festival of Britain, May 1951: A tonic to the nation. And a pot of tea for two.
  • Coronation Sets, January 1953: Two million sets in the country. Everybody wants one by June.
  • Sweets Off the Ration, February 1953: No coupons for sweets. The queue starts at seven.
  • ITV's First Night, September 1955: The first advertisement goes out at 8.12. You need sixty more by Christmas.
  • Suez, November 1956: The canal is blocked. The tanks are nearly empty.
  • The M1 Opens, November 1959: Seventy-two miles of motorway. One place to stop.
  • The Big Freeze, January 1963: Frozen a foot down. The wages are due on Friday.
  • Beeching, March 1963: Two thousand stations to close. Somebody has to run the bus.
  • Pirate Radio, March 1964: Three miles out. The law is coming.
  • The End of Resale Price Maintenance, July 1964: The price on the packet is no longer the law.
  • World Cup Summer, July 1966: North Korea at Ayresome Park. The town has adopted them.
  • SET, September 1966: Twenty-five shillings a man. Twelve and six a woman. Every week.
  • Devaluation, November 1967: Two dollars eighty to two dollars forty.
  • Concorde, January 1976: Mach two to Bahrain. Nobody else is buying.

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