Bad Deals
- 4–6 Players
- 15 Minutes
- Ages 14 & Up
Make wickedly clever trades to get the cards you desire, while swindling the other players into accepting terrible terms. Be the first to satisfy all of your Contracts and win.
A game for 4 to 6 souls.
In Bad Deals, you take on the role of a powerful being with a sinister agenda, bargaining with the souls of mere mortals who've been foolish enough to make pacts with you. Throughout the game, you'll make deceptive trades with half-truths and hidden information to outwit your rivals.
You'll start the game with 6 cards, each with a suit and a rank. Two of those cards will be Contracts – conditions that must be met if you want to win. Four will be Mortals – souls caught up in your wheelings and dealings.
Each turn, you'll extend an offer to the rest of the table, promising to give them some number of cards of a given suit or rank. The other players each offer what they'll give you in return, and you must accept one of the deals.
Choose your deals carefully! While offers must always be truthful, the whole truth may be a lot more than you've bargained for.
If you can reveal a hand that has fully satisfied its Contracts, you'll win!