For Sale

For Sale (1997) is a quick, collection and push-your-luck game about buying and selling houses. You bid for houses of different values using coins at auction and then sell them in savvy ways to maximise the biggest cheques for your best properties. It stands out for the risk-reward of guessing the house value other players have used so you can sneak in with a cheap property for a big cheque.

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The game is played in two phases. First, you bid on sets of four houses. Each player can either raise the bid to stay in the running for the highest property or bail, get half their money back and take the current lowest card. In this way, you build up a set of houses ready to sell and make money.

You play four Cheque cards face up on the table and each player chooses one of their house cards in an effort to get the biggest cheque. The player with the highest value property takes the highest cheque with others take cheques in order. You repeat this until all the houses are sold.

The result is a game where you push your luck to get the best property cards available. Then, you need to bluff other players by playing property that's high enough for the available cheques but that saves your best houses for the rounds with the highest cheques.

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Our examiner, Andy Robertson, first checked For Sale 2 years ago. It was re-examined by Jo Robertson and updated today.