For Sale Review by Count Zero

Estate agents are like Traffic wardens, hated by all. But now thanks to Uberplay you and your friends can deal in properties from the safety of your games room without getting the abusive phone calls and hiding the rising damp reports.

For sale is a bidding and bluffing game that is simple but yet ingenious. Opening the box you get two decks of cards and a bag of cardboard coins.

The first deck shows the properties available to the would be estate agents, each has a number in the top corners and they range from 1 to 30. This shows the "value" of the property. Number 1 is a cardboard box in an alley, while number 30 shows a space station in orbit. The rest of the cards range from lighthouses, caves, mobile homes, mansion and castles. All of the artwork is very nice and its amusing to see the different properties as tehy come into play.

The second deck of cards represents cheques, these range in different values from $1000 upwards but also include a number of void cheques. These cheque cards are used in teh second phase of the game.

The cardboard coins represent your starting cash and are shared out according to the number of players. The coins come in two sizes, $1000 and $2000 and are your standard cardboard fare.

The game starts with the bidding phase. Four property cards ae dealt face up into the center of the table. Players now take turns bidding using there starting cash. The bidding continues until someone passes. They now take the lowest value property card from the table and half of there money back. the other half of the money goes back into the box. Bidding or passing continues, with each player who passes taking the next lowest property from the table and half there money back.
the winning bidder is left with the highest value property but has to put all of his money into the bank. Another four property cards are dealt and the process continues.
Its a good idea to hide your money at this point, as you can easily be outbid and end up picking the lowest property if you don't have that much money left.
The properties are continually being bid until the deck is exhausted. Each player should now have equal sized hands of properties. Now it is time to sell them.

Teh secod deck of cards representing the cheques is now brought into play. Four cheques are dealt face up and each player places one of his property cards face down. when all players have placed there cards they are turned over and the highest value property takes the highest $ cheque card.
This continues until all of the property cards have been sold. Players now add up the values of all of there cheques and any left over $ from the bidding round. The player with the most $ wins.

Summary

Presentation
The games presentation is very well done. Although its only two decks of cards and some money counters the cards have a vinyl feel to them. The artwork is very nice and easy to read. 8/10

Clarity of Rules
The rules are very basic and quick to learn. This game will be up and running within minutes and played by all ages. 9/10

Game Length
The box says 10-15 minutes and I would aggree. We burned through this game playing about 3 games in 40 minutes 8/10

Value
Great value game, at under £10 it should be on everyones shelf 8/10

Overall
For sale is a very basic game and can be played in about 15 minutes. Its a light game but fun. Successfully getting $7000 for the cardboard box property is amusing and its so quick you will want to get just one more game in. (8/10 not an average)