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2019 Ranked #13,092

Sideshow Swap

Deduction party game has players swap performers, spend tickets, and secretly hold the highest performer at the end. Frequent exchanges and sabotage demand sharp tracking of where the best card has moved.

Card Game Deduction Memory Take That

Players

2-8

Play time

10-45 min

Age

8+

Complexity

1.67/5

Rating

6.88

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 3.9/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.8/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

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Sideshow Swap is an original, deduction-style party game based on cunning and chance. Players take turns swapping performer cards and playing tickets in an effort to sabotage others, all while trying to discover and hold the top performer before the game ends.

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Sideshow Swap is an original, deduction-style party game based on cunning and chance. Players take turns swapping performer cards and playing tickets in an effort to sabotage others, all while trying to discover and hold the top performer before the game ends. Squirrel away money to play the best tickets and tilt the game in your favor. But beware! Other players are trying to ruin your plan as well, so it helps to keep track of where the best performers are as the chaos ensues. Cards are quickly and frequently changing between players, so you have to time your moves just right. The game ends when someone lays their last ticket, and players reveal their performers. The highest one wins! -description from designer

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Play and group

Players
2–8
Best with
2
Play time
10–45 min
Age
8+
Complexity
1.7/5
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Credits

Designers

2
Phillip James (II) Adam Stevenson

Artists

1
Phillip James (II)

Publishers

2
(Self-Published) Games by Bicycle

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