Idea of the game

Suddenly we're economic. "Do I need it?" "Can I afford it?" "Should I save?" "How
much should I risk?" "What will I get in return?" "Is it worth it?" "How can I make
more money?" Your play in this game will depend on your answers to these questions.

BUX is "personal economics." It's about you and money– played with cards, chips, and
friends in about an hour.

You're looking for opportunities, reading others moves, figuring out what they are
thinking, risking your chips, bidding, bluffing, and trading to get cards to make
matching 3-card sets. You then sell these sets back to the game for more chips.

As you get more chips, you can bid higher and higher for more cards to make more
sets to sell. You win if you have the most chips when the game suddenly ends after a
warning. The record is 11,690 in tournament play.

Starting with money– 200 chips, and resources– 3 cards, your cards are face up in
front of you. You're trying to get more chips by selling your products– your matching
3-card sets, back to the game. When selling your 3-card sets back to the game–
• sets matching 1 symbol- a suit or shape, pay the total on the backs of the cards,
• sets matching both symbols- on 3 identical cards, pay an automatic 500 chips.
Sell at the right time and double your payoff. Wait too late and get nothing.



On your turn, do any one of three moves, carry it out and end your turn:
(1), Draw 3 cards and put them up for bid– hold an auction. Start the bidding. Or
(2), Take an unprotected card from another players' spread of cards- while giving
one of your cards in return. Or
(3), Sell any number of matching 3-card sets back to the game for chips.
Do (1), (2) or (3) and your turn is over. The next player to your left takes a turn.

Three special, purple BUX cards control the set-selling prices, timing, and play cycles.

So, you're getting cards– to make matching 3-card sets– to sell back to the
game for more chips– to buy more cards. That's it, with a few twists and surprises.