All in the Game Newsletter
Clark King
February 2002
USA

A group of 4 players tried Wheedle, the new Knizia card game that I had played with 6 before. This will remind the old-timers of Pit -- a free-wheeling and boisterous card-trading game. Cards represent stock in 9 different companies, but some companies have only 5 shares, some 7 shares and some 9 shares. After the cards are shuffled, one is placed face down on the table and all the rest are dealt out. When the dealer is ready, he turns over the card on the table and everyone immediately and simultaneously starts verbally negotiating card trades. On agreement, cards are exchanged. Anything goes here -- unequal trades and even giving cards away. Besides trading, a player can swap a card for the one on the table by putting one of his our face up and taking the former center card. When a player yells “STOP!” trading ends. The face up card on the table indicates the company that went bankrupt. A bonus of 5 points is awarded for calling STOP and having all the shares of a company in your hand. Two points per card is awarded to any players who have all the shares for a company. One point per card is awarded to players who have the majority, but not all, of the shares in a company. Players lose 1 point for each share in the bankrupt company. If you yelled STOP by mistake and don't have all the shares of any company in your hand, you lose 5 points! The group rated this party game a solid 8. Most families will find this game easy to learn and fun to play. Another winner from Knizia and from Out Of The Box Games.

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