Dr Gadget - Mayfair Games Modern Art

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Manufacturer Maximum Age: 100 Amazon Minimum Age: 120 Batteries Included: 0 Binding: Toy Brand: MayFair Games EAN: 0029877044023 Feature: A Reiner Knizia game Is Autographed: 0 Is Fragile: 0 Is Memorabilia: 0 Label: Mayfair Games Manufacturer: Mayfair Games Manufacturer Minimum Age: 144 Model: 4099022 Publisher: Mayfair Games Studio: Mayfair Games
Features A Reiner Knizia game Family card game Buy and sell art Improved components For 3 to 5 players
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Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Layers and Layers of Strategy and Laughter Comment: This is a game of buying and selling art at auctions. Every player is a gallerist or museum collector who has a "hand" of paintings (cards) to sell. Every turn has an auction for one or more paintings. The paintings themselves are ludicrously bad. The whole game plays like a big send-up of the contemporary art world. A "market" for a priviously unknown artist named "Lite Metal" will suddenly appear in a given "auction season". Lite metal's work may skyrocket in value that season, only to collapse in the next season, if Lite Metal has inexplicably become "so last year". Or, depending on players' hands, Lite Metal's work may continue to appreciate season after season, to undreamed of values, making some players fabulously rich! When I first played this I had the impression that aggressive bidding for art was they key to success. Then it became very obvious that it was a disasterous strategy. Then I discovered that sometimes aggressive bidding was useful. It all depands on who you are bidding aginst, and whether they are modest or aggressive bidders. Etc. Every time I play this it seems that I perceive a new depth of strategy that was invisible to me before. This is one of Reinier Knizia's earlier games, dating from 1992. I've only been playing this for two months however. It consists of not much more than a deck of cards and some poker chips. There is an appealing simplicity to Modern Art. My son who is not all that crazy about games (compared to me anyway) loves this game, because it does NOT have pages and pages of fiddly rules. It is very direct. Modern Art also encourages role-playing. My other son likes to announce his auctions in a hilarious German accent when he plays the Berlin collector. Ultra-snobby New York auctions are common, as are the auctions from Paris. Considering the price of this delightful game, about twenty bucks, and the many evenings of out and out laughter and competition it provides, it has to be the best bargain in boardgames out there. More Reviews
Editorial Reviews: Modern Art Game Mayfair Games Going Once... Going Twice... Sold! Buy your way to fame & fortune with Modern Art, the high stakes gallery auction game. Each player runs a gallery, choosing which pieces of art to sell from the collection, and which pieces to buy from other galleries. Bid on the right one and at the end of the round you could be rolling in the dough. Mistake a Pissaro for a Picasso and you could be out of luck and money. Perfect for the Arm Chair Art Critic as well as anyone who enjoys a fast-action, highly entertaining board game. In Modern Art, players compete to gain the most money by buying and selling paintings at auctions and reselling them for profit. All players take turns running the auctions, which come in many different styles. Whoever offers the top bid owns the painting and sells it at the end of the round. The price the painting fetches is based on the popularity of the artist and how well his paintings have sold in the past. The player with the most money at the end of four rounds of buying and selling wins. Contents: 1 board, 70 painting cards with paintings from 5 artists, 6 "Auction House" screens, 98 money coins in 6 denominations, 1 rulebook For 2 to 4 players ages 10 and up.