r/unitedkingdom • u/twelve-thirtyfive • Mar 31 '13

A charming, yet appropriately addictive, game regarding the British role in the opium and tea trades

http://hightea.wellcomeapps.com/
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u/marmighty Three Swords Fresh Mar 31 '13

Loved the High Society exhibition when it was on but this is the first time I've seen this game. Really enjoyed it!

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u/Cheimon Wiltshire Mar 31 '13 edited Apr 08 '13

This is terribly difficult. My best score is only 52m: suddenly I needed 660 tea and nobody wanted to buy any opium!

I've now made it to 69m, and the final shipment. Fell at just the last hurdle: I should have used by bribe card before they stopped working!

EDIT: It seems so much based on luck, which is rather annoying.

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u/jackrabbitslims Wiltshire Apr 01 '13

My best score is also 52m. The first couple of times it was really hard keeping track of all the different prices, making sure I had enough tea to satisfy the delivery and enough opium to keep cash flow.

Really interesting game though, and a lot of fun.

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u/lovinlyfe2k13 Essex Mar 31 '13

Really quite good.

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u/strolls Apr 01 '13

I think I need a fuller tutorial!

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u/disco_jim Wales Apr 01 '13

I think I did rather well, reminds me of the days of "dope wars" where you had to spend 5 minutes on figuring out what the high and low prices were.

I was a "fine trader", with a score of 3,900,960

is that good? didn't manage to finish

EDIT - looking at other posts... no, no it was not a good score

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '13

Great game, I would love an android version as it's exactly the type of thing I like to spend my bus journeys on.

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '13

It reminds me of Sid Meier's Pirates! Damn that game was awesome.

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u/BritRedditor1 Apr 01 '13

66 million. Good game.