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Lunch Money box art
1996 Ranked #17,128

Lunch Money

A confrontational card combat game where playground fighters attack rivals and try to remain the last standing. Aggressive action cards deliver direct setbacks, creating a deliberately mean contest of survival and timing.

Thematic Games Card Game Fighting Take That Hand Management

Players

2-4

Play time

Not listed

Age

13+

Complexity

1.51/5

Rating

5.63

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 3.9/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.6/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.4/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.6/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

This card game simulates children (a little girl is featured on all cards) running around the playground beating up each other and stealing their lunch money.

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This card game simulates children (a little girl is featured on all cards) running around the playground beating up each other and stealing their lunch money. Once you get past the strange theme, there's a fun little game where players beat each other senseless with cards like 'Poke in the Eye', 'Uppercut', and 'Humiliation.' Not for the weak willed, this game is mean. The last player still standing wins. Re-implemented by: Beer Money Integrates with: Beer Money

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All specifications (5)

Play and group

Players
2–4
Best with
3
Play time
20 min
Age
13+
Complexity
1.5/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

2
John Nephew Charlie Wiedman

Artists

1
Andrew Yates

Publishers

2
Atlas Games NekoCorp

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