A cute little business game
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Publisher's Description:Rats! That's what you are. Big, hungry rats. You're all V.P.s at Rat Financial Incorporated, and you're all striving for a slice of The Big Cheese. The President is retiring next month, and whoever can score the most points with him gets to take his place. And his Big Cheese. |
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Trev says:This is another one of those simple little games without the trimmings that Cheapass are so good at. It consists of 36 small cards and the rules in a small zip-loc bag and costs about £2 in the UK. It is a fast moving, light game |
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relying on a reasonable amount of luck but also rewarding timely play. There is a stack of cards numbered from 2 to 20 that represent contracts for work. One at a time these are turned over and put up for auction. The interesting part of the game comes because you only have 10 'coins' for bidding and if successful, you put the card in front of you and place however many coins you have bid on top of the card. This reduces the amount that you can bid for subsequent contracts. But, for each subsequent contract successfully awarded to anyone, you can reclaim one coin from each card in front of you. As soon as a card is clear of coins, it pays out - if you have multi-sided dice you roll the die corresponding to the number on the card, otherwise you roll a six-sided die and multiply the result by the number on the card for the points value to add to your score. There are also a couple of special card types that allow you to reroll the die ('Big Cheese') or to cancel a contract ('Veto'). These are bidded for and won in the same way as contracts and cannot be used until free of coins. This is an excellent and simple game and is so small you can carry it with you at all times. You will need quite a lot of counters to use as coins. What I did was to take the card sprue left after I had punched out the counters to another game and cut it into small 'sticks' which serve the purpose admirably and fit into another small bag along with the multi-sided dice. I prefer using these rather than a single six-sided die as the chance of someone shootingenormously into the lead is reduced. The only tip I'd offer for playing the game is to make sure that you win bids whenever you can. Even though this reduces your options for the next contract, your coins are being wasted if they are sitting in front of you. If they are on a card, they are earning you points. To buy: |
