Overview
At a glance
Is this game right for my group?
ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Harder to teach
High replayability
Highly interactive
Scales well
Deep strategy
How it plays
How does it play?
In Office 21, players take the role of CEO and try to maximize their profits without going over the governmental set limit of 21K. To win, players must figure out how best to play different characters and their special abilities.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
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In Office 21, players take the role of CEO and try to maximize their profits without going over the governmental set limit of 21K. To win, players must figure out how best to play different characters and their special abilities. Players start with three character cards in hand. On a player's turn, she draws back to three cards in hand, then must play one card without exceeding the 21K limit after activating the power of that character; if she can't play a card without busting 21, she's out of the game. When a player reaches 21K, all other players have one final turn to stop her — but if her profit still remains at 21K, she wins. If no more cards remain in the draw deck, whoever has the highest profit total in their play zone and is still in the game wins. There's also a chance that the player with the lowest profit wins...