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Trev says:This is one of the smallest Cheapass games, consisting of a small pack of cards and a sheet of rules in a small plastic bag. The 50 cards are in the form of banknotes with the values 1, 3, 5, 7 and 10. The sheet of rules describes three games to play with the cards. |
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Make Your Own Change Night! is best forgotten. Each player gets six cards and must play one card each turn, swapping it for the smallest total equal to or more than that value from three cards in the centre of the table, scoring points for any profit made on the deal. There seems little scope for skilled play, there being at most one logical choice each turn, and almost everything depends on which cards you and the player on your right are dealt. I don't think I'll be trying it again. Boneyard is much better: a bidding game having some similarities to Money by Reiner Knizia. Each player starts with one each of the five denominations of card and another set is laid out in the centre of the table. Each player makes a secret bid from the cards in their hand. Any duplicated bids cancel out and the remaining players each take a card from those in the centre, with the highest bid choosing first, etc. The cards that were bid are then added to those remaining on the table to form stacks, which are then bid for again in the same manner. First player to hold 40 dollars/pounds/etc wins. Altogether this is a pretty good little filler, taking about ten minutes to play and hardly any time at all to explain. Considering how small the pack of cards is - it's worth keeping in your pocket, handbag, etc ready to get out if you're stuck in a lift, for example. Diminishing Returns is only for two or three players and is a version of an old Cheapass game called Fight or Pennywise which is apparently reproduced at their website. It comments that in the rules that this is the best of the three games, but I haven't yet had the opportunity to try it in hot blood because I haven't had the right number of players available. Each player starts with a certain stock of notes and, each turn, must place one of their notes into a pool in the centre of the table. In return for this they are allowed to take any amount of notes back out of the pool as long as the total value is less than that of the note they put in. The pool starts empty, so you start by putting in low notes, but you are soon basing the amount you put in on trying to ensure that no-one else can take a lot out of the pool without leaving you something good by the time your turn comes round again. All in all, for the price, you can't really go wrong. If nothing else, you end up with some game money for other games... To buy: |
