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Nice Games Jam: "Time Traveler Estate Sale"

Nice Games Jam: "Time Traveler Estate Sale"

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Roles reverse as Dale joins Stephen and Lydia for a Nice Game Jam prompted by Mark. The results are an antiques-fueled jaunt through time, and an unexpected win for Stephen.

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Prompt"Come up with a game where the winner is the player who gets (or gets closest to) a certain amount of points, but that amount changes from round to round. Hard mode variant: the players don’t always know what the amount is."Game typeTabletop gamePlayer count2-8Materials

Set of item cards from various years

10 chips for each player

Set of years/events

Timer

Setup
  • Place 8 item cards on the table easily accessible for all players.
  • Pick a random year/event.
  • Set timer for 1 minute.
Rules
  • Start the timer to start the round
  • While the timer runs, players place chips on items to bid on them
  • When the timer runs out, the player with the most chips on an item gets that item. In a tie, no one gets an item and it gets added to the pool during the next round
  • Items that are earned get their times revealed, player closest to the chosen year/event wins
  • Play repeats for three rounds, player with the most round wins wins the game
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