Stockpile FAQ
58 questions players ask · Updated Nov 12, 2026 · Full rulebook
Setup and components
- How many Market Deck cards does each player get at setup in Stockpile?
- What happens if the Market Deck runs out during a 4-player game?
- Can you use the expansion modules in your first game?
- Are the Advanced Board and investor cards included in the retail version of Stockpile?
- Which six Forecast cards make up the base game's deck, and which are printed on the player boards?
- How many Stockpiles are used in a 2-player game?
- How many rounds are played in each player count?
- With fewer than five players, which Market Deck cards are removed during setup?
Supply and Demand Phases
- Can a stockpile be empty at the start of the Supply Phase?
- Can a player put both of their cards onto the same stockpile?
- Can you start a stockpile bid above $0 and outbid by more than one step in the Demand Phase?
- What happens if a player cannot afford any stockpile bid in the Demand Phase?
- When does an outbid Bidding Meeple return to its owner during re-bidding?
- If you are outbid, can you take the last empty stockpile for the minimum bid?
Action and Selling Phases
- Must players reveal the stock they held when a stock goes bankrupt?
- When must a face-down stock boom or bust card be revealed?
- How much does Vulture Capitalism cost to use?
- What does Fraudulent Transfer let you do?
- Why would you move a split stock to your regular portfolio before selling it?
- Does selling a stock lower its price?
Movement Phase
- When a split stock splits again, is the $10,000 bonus paid per card or per share?
- Does the second-split bonus change on the Advanced Board?
- If a stock splits twice in the same round, do the newly split cards get the second-split bonus that round?
- On the Advanced Board, does a stock keep moving after it reaches the Stock Split space?
- On the Advanced Board, do movement cards move a stock by spaces or by its numerical value?
- Do you get a dividend for every dollar sign a stock passes, or only the one it lands on?
- On the Advanced Board, how much does a single $ symbol pay per share?
- If a stock passes a dollar sign and splits in the same move, when are the dividends paid?
- Do stocks revealed for a stock split have to stay face-up for the rest of the game?
- Where does a stock's marker go after it splits on the basic board?
- Can a split stock still go bankrupt?
- Can a split stock go back to unsplit if its value falls?
- In 3- and 4-player games, what happens to the leftover face-down Company and Forecast pairs?
- Do Company and Forecast cards carry over from one round to the next?
The Game End
Investor Abilities
- Can Discount Donald bid on a stockpile spot higher than the cash you hold?
- Does Discount Donald's ability apply to one or both of his Bidding Meeples?
- Can Mayknow Martha tell other players what hidden information she has looked at?
- Does Mayknow Martha's look at another player's information also apply to the face-down pairs beside the board?
- How does Golden Graham's ability work when a split stock is sold?
- How does Dividend Deborah's ability work?
- Do split stocks count double for Dividend Deborah's ability?
- How does Socialist Sanders resolve ties when taking from the richest player or giving to the poorest?
- On Socialist Sanders, which starting cash applies: $24 on the card or $16 on the player aid?
- Can Royal Robins' ability put all the revealed Supply Phase cards on one stockpile?
General
- Can players look through the discarded Market cards to count what has been sold?
- Is the Market discard pile reshuffled during a game?
- Can Stockpile players negotiate, show forecast cards, or give each other money?
- Do players have to show hidden stock to collect dividends, and what happens to an undisclosed trading fee?
Stockpile: Continuing CorruptionExpansion
- Are bond payouts counted per bond or per bond card?
- Is the limit of three bonds per turn counted in bonds or in bond cards?
- Do bonds pay interest at the end of the final round?
- Do the Continuing Corruption dice's dollar signs set how much dividends pay?
- What are the blocking tokens in Continuing Corruption for?
- What is the point of Tactical Talal selling again at the end of the Selling Phase?
- Does Daring Dangote get paid per gold card in his collection or per card collected that round?
- What are the six stockholder certificates used for?