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2000 Ranked #12,403

Corruption

Secret-bidding game has construction owners compete to bribe officials for lucrative contracts over three rounds. Disguised special cards can overturn a bid, while their one-use nature makes timing especially important.

Family Games Bluffing Card Game Hand Management Series: Blue Games (Descartes)

Players

3-7

Play time

Not listed

Age

10+

Complexity

1.83/5

Rating

5.80

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.4/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.0/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.6/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.2/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.6/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

Described by the designer as a cross between Doris & Frank's Banana Republic and stud poker, this game casts players as construction company owners who are seeking to bribe various government officials for lucrative building contracts.

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Described by the designer as a cross between Doris & Frank's Banana Republic and stud poker, this game casts players as construction company owners who are seeking to bribe various government officials for lucrative building contracts. Each turn, six new contracts are up for grabs, and players compete for them by placing secret bribe amounts. At the end of each round, whoever offered the most bribe money for each contract gets it. Special cards, whose backs look just like bribe cards, can alter the contest significantly, but while the bribe cards are recycled after each of the three rounds, the special cards are not.

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Play and group

Players
3–7
Best with
3–7
Play time
45 min
Age
10+
Complexity
1.8/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Bruno Faidutti

Artists

3
C. Brent Ferguson J. Scott Reeves Cyril Saint Blancat

Publishers

2
Atlas Games Descartes Editeur

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