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The Big Idea

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  • Description
    Quick and easy card game (Cheapass style) where the players represent venture capitalists creating companies (from a noun card and an adjective card - 'Erotic Pants') to take through the process of an IPO. You automatically gain a share in companies you create, and later you have opportunities to secretly invest in a company and publicly buy a share in a company. Finally, you roll a die to see what companies go public in a round: equal to or lessor than the shares issued in the company. And the pay out: based on the number of shares issued and the number of cards used in forming the company times the die roll. The game is fairly simplistic, but it's lots of fun to create names of products like 'Mentholated Chicken', while agonizing over helping your opponent because their product will net you the biggest gain.Expansions Big Idea, The: More Cards! - BoardGameGeek
  • Details
    BGID: 696
    Time: 45 minutes
    Designer: James Ernest
    PrimaryName: The Big Idea
    Players: 3 to 6
    Year: 2000
    Artist: Damon S Brown
    Product Title: The Big Idea
    Mechanics: Stock Holding, Voting
    Ages: 10 and up
    Publisher: Cheapass
    Category: Card Game, Party Game