Bidder Up! (2016)

About this game

As in the Kuhhandel card game, in Bidder Up!, a.k.a. Kuhhandel: Das Brettspiel you're trading animals with other players and participating in auctions to try to collect valuable sets of critters. Ten different auctions take place around the game board, and the double-sided board presents players with two ways to play, with one side allowing for market manipulation of the value of the animals themselves.

Does it fit your group?

• Group size. Works with 2 to 4.
• Rules load. At 1.8/5 this is a light game — explain it in a few minutes, good for a table that has not played much.
• Age. The publisher suggests 10 and up. That rates the rules rather than the artwork, so judge the box yourself for younger players.