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Manama Pearl Merchant Trade Game

M
PLAYERS
3-6
DIFFICULTY
SETTING
Indoor
MATERIALS
HOW TO PLAY
1

Deal each player a random handful of pearl tokens of different sizes and values.

2

Players take turns offering trades to each other, trying to build the highest-value matched set.

3

A trade only completes when both players agree out loud to swap their tokens.

4

Players may bluff about the value of their tokens during negotiation, since values are only checked at the end.

5

After a set number of trading rounds, everyone reveals their tokens and totals the value; the highest total wins.