Abstract: An instructional game for learning the interrelations in a free-market economy on the basis of a game with dice and a board with playing spaces on its border for playing pieces is disclosed. The individual spaces are provided with different markings. A center market area for the deposit of counters is provided in the interior of the board which is enclosed by the playing spaces, the center area being subdivided into a plurality of subsidiary areas each of which has assigned to it a monetary value. One or more packs of cards is provided each consisting of a plurality of play variation cards, the marking on the backs of the cards being uniform in the pack. A proportion of the playing spaces carries reference markings which correspond with the marking used for the market area and a further proportion of the playing spaces carries reference markings respectively corresponding in each case to the marking on the backs of one pack of cards.