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Six containers with then boxes each are sold one by one. The boxes are represented by cards and marked on the back for “open” or “closed”. On open box cards you find set cards in four colors and with values 50, 100, 150 and 200, as well as 20 cards of value 10. Closed box cards feature 14 cards of value 0, two gold bullions of value 500 and eight cards of value 250.

You begin with 3.400 ECU, open and closed boxes are shuffled separately and you lay out four closed and six open boxes, face-down, for the container of the round. In your turn you have 7 actions which you do all at one: Looking at a closed box card uses up two actions, looking at an open box card costs one action. Whoever holds the starting player marker - which is handed on for each auction in clockwise direction - is the auctioneer and chooses open or secret auction. For an open auction the auctioneer makes the first bid and all then raise the bid in turn or pass. For a secret action you make one hidden offer. The highest bid wins the container, you pay and place the cards behind your screen. There is no change, if you cannot pay the exact amount. When all containers have been auctioned, you add remaining money and the value of your cards; complete sets bring you a bonus of 250. A set contains a minimum of three cards of one color, one card must be worth 250.

A cute game with, surprisingly, a lot of tactic despite the half-blind buying ä with optimum use of actions you can look at 3 closed and one open box or at all six open ones. In later auctions a good card memory can help and also watching the bids of other players.

Players: 2-8

Age: 10+

Time: 30+

Designer: Benôit Remy

Artist: Alexandre Debrot, Lorent Fritsche

Price: ca. 22 Euro

Publisher: Art of Games 2014

Web: www.artofgames.com

Genre: Auction game

Users: With friends

Special: Many players

Version: multi

Rules: de en fr nl

In-game text: no

Comments:

Tactical despite partial information

Watching bids of others can help

Good card memory is useful

Plays quickly

Compares to:

Auction games

Other editions:

Currently none

Chance (pink): 2

Tactic (turquoise): 2

Strategy (blue): 0

Creativity (dark blue): 0

Knowledge (yellow): 0

Memory (orange): 1

Communication (red): 1

Interaction (brown): 2

Dexterity (green): 0

Action (dark green): 0