PIT
OBJECT
To be the first player to score a total of 500 points. This usually takes several hands of play. In each hand,
you’ll try to "corner" the market on one of the following commodities: Barley, Corn, Coffee, Oranges, Oats, Soy, Sugar,
or Wheat. You’ve cornered a market when you have in your hand all 9 cards of the same commodity.
EQUIPMENT
One deck of 74 cards–8 suits of 9 cards each, plus a Bull card and a Bear card, and a Corner board.
SETUP
There are two versions of PIT. The basic game is played without the Bull and Bear cards. At this time, remove them
from the deck.
1. Place the "Corner!" board in the center of the table.
2. Prepare a score sheet.
3. Select a dealer.
4. The dealer prepares the deck for play as follows: Use one complete 9-card suit for each player. Leave the remaining
suits out of play for the entire game.
5. The dealer shuffles the cards and deals 9, face down, to each player.
6. Pick up your cards and arrange them by suit. Be sure no one else can see them.
7. While arranging your cards, decide which commodity you’ll try to corner. Try to corner the commodity of which you
hold the most cards.
8. After everyone has had a chance to sort his or her cards, the dealer announces, "The Exchange is open."
PLAY
When the dealer announces the Exchange is open, begin to trade by taking from your hand one to four cards of the
same suit. They will be of a commodity you do NOT wish to corner. Hold up the cards so the suit does not show and call,
"Trade One! One! One!" or "Trade Two! Two! Two!" etc., depending on the number of cards you wish to trade.
You may trade cards with any opponent who is calling out the same number. Sometimes a particular opponent will want
to trade fewer cards than you do. In this case, you may lower your bid and trade the smaller number.
Continue trading until one player gets 9 cards of the same suit. If you get there first, hit the Corner board and
call out, "Corner on Corn!" (or whatever the commodity may be). Score the points marked on the commodity you’ve cornered
and record it on the score sheet. Example: If you corner the market on Corn, you win 75 points. The winner of the corner
reshuffles the cards and deals the next hand.
WINNING
You’ll win the game by being the first player with at least 500 points. For a shorter game, the first player with
250 points wins.
GAME PLAY USING THE BULL AND BEAR CARDS
When you add the Bull and Bear cards to the deck, two players will receive a tenth card. So, you may call "Corner"
if you have 9 cards of the same commodity and one card of another commodity. Simply lay down the 9 matching cards
and discard the extra.
Beyond that, play is the same as in the basic game, except for the values and penalties attached to the Bull and
Bear cards. The Bull card can be either a "wild" card or a penalty card; the Bear card always carries a penalty.
If you hold the Bull card when you have 8 cards of the same suit, hit the Corner board, call "Bull Corner" and score the
points marked on the commodity you’ve cornered. (In this case, the Bull card acts as a "wild" card.) If you hold the Bull
card when you have 9 cards of the same suit, hit the Corner board, call "Double Bull Corner" and score double the points
marked on the commodity you’ve cornered.
If you hold either the Bull or the Bear card when an opponent calls "Corner," you lose 20 points. If you hold both the
Bull and Bear cards when an opponent calls "Corner," you lose 40 points. (In PIT, your score can go below 0.)
You should always trade the Bear card as soon as you get it, because 1) it will cost you points if someone else goes out;
and 2) while you hold it, you cannot lay down your hand even if you have 9 cards of a commodity. It is also good strategy
to trade the Bull card if you think the hand is about to end and you’re not going to win. You may trade the Bull and Bear
cards at any time. You may trade them singly, in combination, or along with any other card(s) you wish to trade.
At no time, however, may you trade more than four cards at once.
VARIATION - SILENT BIDDING
For a quieter version of PIT, try silent bidding. If you wish to trade, hold up your free hand with your palm away
from you. Show the number of cards you wish to trade by holding up the same number of fingers. To match a bid, hold up
your hand with your palm toward you, using as many fingers as the number of cards you wish to trade.
Pit Card Game
Item # 7140431012
$11.95
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