For Sale details
- Designer: Stefan Dorra
- Artists: Abbas Amirabadi, Alvin Madden, Catell Ruz, Chema Vicente, Dossom Studio, Emilien Rotival, Gil Martimiano, Klaus Wilinski, Mahmoud Arasteh Nasab, Mohammad Amir Garoosian, Óscar Aguado, Uros Vuckovic
- Publishers: 2 Pionki, Albi, AURUM, Inc., Baborka Games, Brain Games, Compaya.hu - Gamer Café Kft., Competo / Marektoy, Eagle-Gryphon Games, F.X. Schmid, Gabinete Lúdico, Geekach Games, HaKubia, Heidelberger Spieleverlag, IELLO, Jolly Thinkers, Kaissa Chess & Games, MEBO Games, Meeple Virus, NeoTroy Games, New Games Order, LLC, PaperGames (III), Portal Games, Primigenio, Ravensburger, Ravensburger Spieleverlag GmbH, Siam Board Games, SPIEL DAS! Verlag, TLAMA games, Top Toys, Überplay, uplay.it edizioni, Wargames Club Publishing, Zito! Ώρα για παιχνίδι, Взрослые дети, Нескучные игры, פרש משחקים - Game Knight
- Release Date: 1997
- Player count : 3 - 6
- Age range : 10+
- Time range : 30 minutes
- Mechanism(s): Auction: Sealed Bid, Auction: Turn Order Until Pass, Auction/Bidding, Hand Management, Selection Order Bid
- BGG Geek Rating: - converted to Meeple Mountain scale: .
- More articles about For Sale.
For Sale is a quick, fun game nominally about buying and selling real estate. During the game's two distinct phases, players first bid for several buildings then, after all buildings have been bought, sell the buildings for the greatest profit possible.
The original Ravensburger/FX Schmid edition (1997/98) has slightly different rules than later English editions, and only 20 buildings instead of 30.
The Ãœberplay 2005 Edition has new art, rules and card distribution changes, and it accommodates 3-6 players.
The Gryphon 2009 Edition uses the Überplay art for the faces of the property cards, while replacing most other art. The rules are the same as the Überplay edition, with the exception of the rounding rule (which was stated in different ways in different printings of the Überplay edition).
Rounding rule
The rounding rule preferred by the designer Stefan Dorra is that players get back half of their bid rounded DOWN (not UP), as confirmed in correspondence with him here and here. A history of how the rounding rule has changed in different editions is documented here.
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