Market Pennies
A pocket of coins and a market of choices.
- Players
- 2–5
- Minutes
- 30–40
- Age guide
- 9+
Market Pennies begins with a pocketful of copper-coloured tokens and an inviting row of stalls. Gather produce, exchange what you do not need and complete shopping lists without spending your last penny too early.
A market day has room for both careful saving and an opportunistic swap. Coins are tabletop resources only, with no cash value or prizes.
What you will unpack
- Market board
- Produce cards
- Penny tokens
- Shopping-list cards
- Player baskets
- Printed rules
Around the table
Browse the stalls
Choose a place to buy or exchange produce.
Count your pennies
Spend tokens on a useful combination.
Complete a list
Deliver the right goods and refresh your plans for the next turn.
A shopping list is also a plan for your purse.
You can buy produce that looks useful, but your list may need a different combination. Before emptying the purse, check the remaining goods and whether an exchange could help. Market Pennies makes the next purchase easier to understand when the whole list is in view.
Set out a readable market
Keep produce, shopping lists and unspent penny tokens in separate groups. Players new to resource games may enjoy watching a full purchase-and-list example before beginning. This is Brelunavo’s longest listed game and the one that welcomes up to five people around the board.
Make a Sunday of it.A word from your table
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