The Game of 49
Boardgame: The Game of 49
Starting with $49 apiece, players in The Game of 49 bid to buy spaces on the 49-square (7-by-7) game board.
Randomly drawn number cards are auctioned one at a time, with the highest bidder placing a chip on the matching board space. Wild/Payoff cards give players a choice of where to place their chip and also award cash to all players for their chips on the board: $7 per chip, with a maximum payoff of $49.
The first player to claim four spaces in a row, in any direction, wins.
Specifics:
- Age: 10+
- Players: 2-5 Players
- Playtime: 45 minutes
Contents:
- Game board with 49 randomly placed number slots.
- 75 red, yellow, blue, green and orange tokens (15 of each colour)
- A deck of number cards
- Payout cards
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