Designer: Stefan Dorra (For Sale, Medina, Turn the Tide)

Artist: Kwanchai Moriya (Catacombs Third Edition, Cryptid, Dinosaur Island, Duelosaur Island, The Game, In the Hall of the Mountain King, Prêt-à-Porter, Sidereal Confluence: Remastered Edition)

Publisher:  Eagle Games (Age of Steam, Baseball Highlights: 2045, Brass: Lancashire, Can’t Stop, Carson City, Defenders of the Realm, Diamant, Empires: Age of Discovery, Escape Plan, Fleet, For Sale, Francis Drake, The Gallerist, High Society, Lisboa, On Mars, Railways of the World, Rococo, Roll Through the Ages: The Bronze Age, Santiago de Cuba, Struggle of Empires, Through the Ages: A New Story of Civilization, Through the Ages: A Story of Civilization, Tumblin-Dice, Vinhos Deluxe Edition)

Genre/Mechanisms: auction/bidding, auction: turn order until pass, card game, economic, hand management, selection order bid

Funding Status: At the time of this posting, For Sale Autorama & For Sale: Advisors Expansion is already fully-funded. Pledges currently total more than 2x the initial funding goal with less than 2 days to go on the campaign.

Player Count: 3-6

Solo Mode: no

Complexity: light

Risk: low

What It’s About: “For Sale Autorama is a quick game about buying and selling vehicles: cars, motorcycles, RVs, semi-trucks, etc. During the game’s three distinct phases, players first bid to hire advisors, with those advisors then assisting them in the other two phases of the game, when the players purchase several vehicles, then attempt to sell them for the greatest profit possible. For Sale: Advisors adds a third phase to the classic game For Sale, with players starting the game by bidding to hire advisors who will then assist in the second and third phases of the game when players acquire houses, then sell them.”

How It Works: “Players attempt to hire savvy advisors (without spending too much), who then assist in finding valuable vehicles, that the players will then try to sell for a profit. Whoever has earned the most money at the end of the game wins.”

“For Sale: Autorama is played over 3 phases: the Hiring Advisors phase, the Buying Vehicles phase and the Selling Vehicles phase.”

“Advisor cards have two functions. In Phase 2, players use Advisor cards to acquire vehicles. The higher the value of the Advisor, the more valuable the Vehicle. However, each Advisor also provides the player a small advantage during one of the three game Phases, or at the end of the game. Draw and place faceup on the table a number of Advisor cards equal to the number of players. These Advisors will now be auctioned. The player who most recently purchased a vehicle starts and places any amount of money in front of them as their bid. Play continues clockwise around the table. The next player must decide whether they will bid or pass. If they bid, the bid amount must be more than the previous bid. Bidding continues around the table for as many times as needed until all but one player has passed. If a player passes, they take the Advisor on the table with the lowest value. They also take back half of their bid (rounded down). The rest of the money is paid to the supply. The next player to pass will do the same, taking the lowest value Advisor still on the table. After all players but one have passed, the remaining bidding player takes the highest valued Advisor card, but pays the full amount of their bid to the bank.”

“All players now take the Advisors they hired into their hands. The player who took the last Advisor card begins the first round of Buying Vehicles. They draw and place one faceup Vehicle card per player. They then place 1 Advisor card from their hand faceup in front of themselves as their bid. There is no passing in this round. Play continues clockwise with each other player also playing an Advisor card faceup. After everyone has played a card, the player with the highest valued Advisor takes the Vehicle with the highest value, followed by the player with the second highest Advisor taking the second highest Vehicle card, and so on. Purchased vehicles are placed facedown in front of the player who purchased them. The player who received the most valuable Vehicle turns over the next set of Vehicle cards and then plays the first Advisor card. This continues until all of the Vehicle cards have been sold.”

“It’s time to sell your Vehicle cards and earn some money! In this Phase, the Vehicle cards are sold for Check cards. All players now take their Vehicle cards into their hands. As in the first two Phases, the same number of Check cards as there are players are drawn and placed faceup. Then, each player will choose 1 Vehicle card to place facedown. Once all players have their face-down Vehicle card ready, everyone reveals their Vehicle card simultaneously. The player who played the most valuable Vehicle card takes the highest valued Check card. The player who played the second most valuable Vehicle card takes the second highest valued Check card, and so on. Used Vehicle cards are then removed from the game.”

“The game ends when each player has sold all of their Vehicle cards. Players add up their Check cards, remaining Cash tokens, and any scoring bonuses from their Advisors. The player with the most money wins. If tied, the tied player with the most remaining money in Cash tokens wins.”

Comparisons: Some other popular and well-rated light to medium-light games featuring both auction/bidding and hand management include Abyss, Biblios, Cleopatra and the Society of Architects, Condottiere, Cosmic Encounter, Downforce, Evo, Fleet, Honshū, Modern Art, and Skull.

What Should I Pledge?:
$9 Advisor: the new For Sale: Advisors Expansion only.
$29 Full House: the Eagle-Gryphon bookshelf edition of For Sale, plus the new For Sale: Advisors Expansion.
$29 Autorama: the new For Sale: Autorama game, which includes the equivalent of the For Sale: Advisors Expansion as a part of this new version.
$499 Full GBS Bundle: includes the first 24 games in the Gryphon Bookshelf Series (For Sale is the 4th and For Sale: Autorama is the 24th so you’ll be getting both versions along with 22 other games; this pledge exists in very limited quantities).

Add-Ons:
$10 Metal Coin Set: includes (72) metal coins
$9 For Sale Advisors Set
$29 For Sale Autorama

KS Exclusives
The Collector’s Edition, including the Collector’s Edition Box, Plastic Organizer Trays System, and stretch goals from both campaigns.

All-In Total: Assuming you’re not looking to pick up the other 23 Gryphon Bookshelf games via this Kickstarter, then in the continental U.S., you’re looking at $29 for the Autorama pledge (or the alternate Full House pledge if you want the original For Sale plus the Advisors expansion) plus $8 in shipping for a total of $37.

For Sale Autorama & For Sale: Advisors Expansion completes its Kickstarter on Friday, October 30th and tentatively ships in September 2021.