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You’re Bluffing! Game Rules
Introduction:
Hey there! Welcome to the exciting world of You’re Bluffing! In this game, you’ll test your bluffing skills and see if you can outsmart your opponents. It’s all about lying and deceiving your way to victory – but can you do it without getting caught? Let’s dive into the rules and find out!
Objective:
The goal of You’re Bluffing! is to collect as many cards as possible by successfully tricking your opponents. The player with the most cards at the end of the game wins.
Setting Up:
To begin, deal five cards to each player. Make sure to keep them hidden from everyone else – remember, it’s all about bluffing! Place the remaining cards facedown in the center of the playing area; this is the draw pile.
Gameplay:
1. The youngest player goes first, and then gameplay proceeds clockwise.
2. On your turn, you will make a claim about the top card in your hand. Nudge the truth or tell a complete lie – it’s up to you!
3. As you make your claim, remember to maintain a straight face and convince the other players that you’re telling the truth. This is where your bluffing skills come in handy!
4. The next player then has two options:
a) They can challenge your claim by saying, “You’re bluffing!”
b) They can accept your claim and move on to their turn.
5. If a challenge is made, reveal the top card from your hand. If your claim was truthful, the challenger must take one card from the draw pile as a penalty. However, if your claim was false, you must take the penalty instead.
6. After a challenge or acceptance, the next player makes their claim, and the process repeats until all players have had a turn.
7. If the draw pile runs out, shuffle the discarded cards to form a new draw pile.
8. The game continues until all the cards have been played. At that point, the player with the most cards wins!
Important Tips:
1. Pay close attention to the claims made by other players. You might be able to catch them in a lie and challenge their bluff!
2. Use your poker face – keep your expression neutral to make it harder for others to guess if you’re bluffing or telling the truth.
3. Practice your storytelling skills. The more believable your claims, the more likely other players will fall for your bluffs.
4. Don’t be afraid to take risks! Sometimes it’s worth it to make bold claims to throw off your opponents.
Now that you know the rules of You’re Bluffing!, gather your friends, and get ready for an exciting game of deception, strategy, and loads of fun! Are you ready to put your bluffing skills to the test? Let the games begin!
In this game, you get to collect animal cards. You can do this by either bidding on them or by trying to trick your opponents in a “cow trade” called Kuhhandel. The player who ends up with the highest score wins the game.
Let’s Get Started!
First, we need to shuffle all the animal cards and place them face-down in the middle of the table. Then, the money cards are sorted by their value – we have cards worth 0, 10, 50, 100, 200, and 500. Each player will receive the following:
- 2 money cards with a value of 0
- 4 money cards with a value of 10
- 1 money card with a value of 50
The remaining money cards are kept face-down in a pile. Now, we need to decide on a starting player. Throughout the game, it’s a good idea to keep your money cards secret from other players.
Game Play
When playing this game, you have two choices:
- Auction the animal card on top of the stack
- Offer to make a “cow trade” (Kuhhandel) with another player
Once you have made one of these choices, your turn is over, and the player next to you will take their turn.
Note: At the beginning of the game, there are only auctions because “cow trades” (Kuhhandel) are not possible yet. But as soon as two players have cards from the same set of animals, a “cow trade” becomes possible.
Action 1: Auction
When it’s your turn to auction, you turn over the topmost card on the stack. All the other players bid on this card at the same time. Each bid must be higher than the previous one.
Hey there! Let me walk you through how an auction works. It’s pretty interesting!
So, during an auction, the auctioneer, who is in charge of the whole thing, can’t actually bid on anything. They’re just there to make things happen and keep things fair.
When the auction begins, people start placing bids on the items up for sale. The auctioneer accepts the highest bid by saying, “30 going first, 30 going second and gone for 30!” It’s like a countdown, and once it reaches zero, the bidding is over!
Now, here’s the thing. Sometimes you can get lucky and snag a really valuable animal card for just 10 bucks! But other times, things can get pretty crazy and you might end up paying way more than the card is actually worth.
If you make the highest bid and the auctioneer accepts it, they give you the animal card. You’ve won it! But here’s where it gets interesting. The winning bidder has to pay the auctioneer for the card they won. However, after the auction is over, the auctioneer can decide to pay the winning bidder the amount of their highest bid and keep the card for themselves!
Now, if nobody wants to bid on a particular animal card, the player who put it up for auction gets to keep it for free. Sometimes, there just isn’t any interest!
Lastly, all the players need to keep their animal cards on display in front of them on the table. Everything needs to be out in the open.
No Change
If you don’t have enough money to pay for something in a game, the other player doesn’t give you any change if you give them too much money.
When You Can’t Pay
If you can’t pay for what you want, you have to show everyone your money cards, and then the bidding starts again without you.
If no one wants to bid on an animal card, the person in charge of the auction has to say, “A goose going first, a goose going second, and a goose going third!” If no one wants to bid after that, the person in charge can take the card for free.
But if someone makes even a small offer, the person in charge gives them the card and takes their money, unless the person in charge wants to buy the card themselves.
The Donkey
When the donkey gets put up for auction, everything stops. Right then, the player in charge hands out extra money cards to everyone.
I’m gonna let you in on a little secret. You know those shiny little rectangular pieces of plastic we call gift cards? Well, they hold more power than you might think. Let me break it down for you.
Picture this: you’re at a carnival, surrounded by colorful lights and the sound of laughter. And right in front of you, there are not one, not two, but four donkeys. Each one of those donkeys has a secret hiding under their saddle. Can you guess what it is?
It’s money, my friend! That’s right, each donkey is carrying a money card. And not just any money card; we’re talking big bucks here. The first donkey has a 50 money card, the second one has a 100 money card, the third donkey has a 200 money card, and the fourth donkey has a whopping 500 money card.
Now, let’s fast forward a bit. Everyone at the carnival has received their money, and it’s time to move on to the next event. But before we do that, we have one more thing to take care of – the donkey auction.
Just like in the olden days, this donkey is gonna be sold off to the highest bidder. So, if you’re feeling lucky or just want to own a piece of carnival history, get your bidding skills ready.
Remember, though, it’s not just about the money. Owning a piece of the carnival means something more. It’s a symbol of fun, happiness, and maybe even a little bit of mischief.
So, the next time you find yourself at a carnival, keep your eyes peeled for those four donkeys. Who knows, maybe you’ll be the lucky winner of the donkey auction. Good luck!
No more animal cards in the deck
When we run out of animal cards to auction off, you can’t do Action 1: Auction anymore.
Action 2: “Cow Trade” (Kuhhandel)
When two players both have animals from the same sets, you can try to make a “cow trade” with the other player. If there are more than two players with animals from the same set, you get to decide who you want to trade with.
The “cow trade” starts when I make a secret offer of money to you, and I tell you which of my animals I want to trade.
Did you know that you can bluff in this game? It’s true! You have the freedom to make a play even if you don’t have any money cards or if you only offer cards with no value. It’s all part of the strategy. Once player A puts their offer on the table, it’s up to player B to choose how they want to respond. Here are the options:
Option 1 – Counter-offer:
Player B can put a secret counter-offer on the table. Both offers are then swapped and counted face-down, without any communication. The player who offered the higher amount of money must give up their animal card.
Don’t worry, both players get to keep the money they received from their opponent. But if both players offered the same amount of money, player A has to come up with a new offer. Then player B gets to decide how they want to react again.
If I make a counter-offer and it ends up being the same amount as your offer, I have to give you my animal card for free.
But there’s another option: I can just accept your offer without making a counter-offer and give you the animal card we were trading.
Now, let’s talk about something special called a “cow trade” or “kuhhandel.” If both of us have a pair of the same type of animal, our trade will always involve those pairs. One of us will trade away our opponent’s pair to complete our own set of animals.
If one of us has one card from the set and the other has a pair (or three of a kind), then the trade will only involve one animal card.
Lastly, if neither of us has any more animal cards and we both have complete sets, there’s nothing left to trade.
If there are no more animal cards left to auction, everyone has to start trading. But if you already have complete sets of animal cards, you’re out of luck and will have to sit out.
Here’s an example of how scoring works:
Let’s say I have 4 pigs, 4 dogs, and 4 roosters.
My score would be 650 + 160 + 10 = 820 points.
Since I have 3 complete sets, my score gets tripled, so my final score is 820 x 3 = 2460 points.
The Game Ends
The game ends when there are no more animal cards left to auction and no more “cow trades” can be made.
Each player adds up their cards and calculates their score: the number on the card represents the points for a complete set (for example, 4 cows would be worth 800 points).
Imagine this: you’re playing a game, and you’ve managed to assemble two complete sets. What happens next? Your score doubles! But wait, it gets even better. If you somehow manage to pull off three complete sets, your score triples! This means the more sets you have, the higher your score will be. Sounds exciting, right?
Now, here’s an interesting twist. In this game, money doesn’t hold any value. It’s all about those sets. So, even if you have a lot of money, it won’t help you win. Instead, it’s all about how many sets you can collect and how you can keep increasing your score.
So, who wins? Simple: the player with the highest score emerges victorious. It’s not about the money or belongings; it’s all about the sets and the strategy behind them. So, focus on assembling those sets, increasing your score, and claiming that well-deserved victory!