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2006 Ranked #21,012

Crystal Faire

A bidding game has players exchange colored marbles through offers and counteroffers, then bid on their changing values. Winning high-value colors earns cash, so each trade also reshapes what later bids are worth.

Bluffing Negotiation Auction/Bidding Set Collection

Players

3-5

Play time

Not listed

Age

10+

Complexity

2.2/5

Rating

5.56

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.3/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.0/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.6/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

In a round, the first player makes two offers of four to six marbles to the other players. Each of the other players make a counter offer.

Core mechanisms

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In a round, the first player makes two offers of four to six marbles to the other players. Each of the other players make a counter offer. The first player then picks one of the counter offers, and the person whose offer they picked then chooses one of the first bidders offers. They then exchange marbles. This leads to a round where the amounts that each color is worth. Whomever bids the highest wins the amount of cash that the color is worth. The person with the highest amount of cash at the end of the game is the winner.

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Game and edition data

All specifications (5)

Play and group

Players
3–5
Best with
3–5
Play time
120 min
Age
10+
Complexity
2.2/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Alan D. Ernstein

Publishers

1
Hangman Games

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