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As part of the Wingman demo team for Eagle/Gryphon Games, I had a few of the Gryphon Bookshelf series games at an open gaming night at the Augusta Book Exchange in Augusta, GA.
After a serious game of Power Grid (the Korea map is grrrreat!),five of us sat down for a quick game of For Sale. Two of the players were new to the game, and another two had played but not in some time. Teaching the new players and refreshing the old took all of about 2.5 minutes, then we were off and running.It doesn't look so bad IRL
image by BGGer Biku-Beku
The first game commenced with tentative opening bids. Play picked up from there and 15 minutes later, we were counting up our money. It was a close one, with Mark (who claimed he couldn’t count) getting the win.
Cory had to go, but was very impressed with the game. It was great to hear a guy very into heavy strategy games say he might pick this one up.
Everyone else was up for another go, and as we were setting up for a four player game, one of the role-players (fresh from the dungeon
) wandered up from the back of the store. He had never played the game, but we filled him in and we were off again. We breezed through this round, with the highlight coming in the second phase. One of the dreaded $0.00 checks came up and the other Mark (presumably, this one can count) got hosed with it despite playing the 22 property. That hurts.
To my surprise, the entire group wanted a third game, so we got it going again. The property auction climaxed with both the 29 and 30 card coming out in the final set. An opening bid of 10 pretty much left everyone out in the cold, except can’t-count Mark, who was the guy to the opener’s right. He ended up with the 29 Skyscraper for free! This one lasted only 10 minutes and Mark capitalized by ending up with $72K, one of the highest totals I’ve seen.
Overall there were a lot of laughs and groans as players jockeyed to pick up the high value cards and stick their opponents with the low ones. Everyone agreed this is a great filler, and I’ll definitely be bringing it back to future game nights. If you’re in the area on a Monday, please stop by.
Thanks for reading
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