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Deluxe Pit

By: Hasbro

Type: Boxed Game

Product Line: Board Games (Hasbro)

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MSRP old price: $19.99


Product Info

Title
Deluxe Pit
Publisher
Product Line
Category
Publish Year
2002
Dimensions
6.25x8x2.25"
NKG Part #
2148009772
Type
Boxed Game
Age Range
6 Years and Up
# Players
3 - 8 Players
Game Length
10 - 20 Minutes

Description

Pit is an open-outcry commodity trading game. The first edition in 1903 had a deck of 63 cards, 9 each of 7 commodities, each with a value (ranging from 40 for Flax to 100 for Wheat). Players offer trades by crying out the number of cards they want to swap (“One! One! One!”, or “Three! Three! Three!”) but not their identity. The winner of the hand is the first to collect all of one commodity, declaring “Corner on Wheat!” or whatever commodity has been collected. The winner of the hand scores points equal to the value of the commodity, and the winner of the game is the first to 500 points.

The 1904 Edition of Pit added much fancier artwork and the famous Bull and Bear cards, which provide wild-card and penalty features. The early editions allowed a maximum of 7 players, but later versions supported 8 and in at least one case up to 10.