NUMBERS 03

The third title in NUMBERS, a series of compact, colorful small games you can play in 15 minutes.

NUMBERS 03 is an auction game in which you manage both your hand of cards and your supply of cubes. The score cards and cube rewards in the center go to the players in order, starting with whoever plays the higher value from their hand. Raising the value you have played costs one of your cubes, and you don’t always have to beat the highest value. The score cards you win only count if you place cubes from your supply on them by the end, so you need to use your cubes and cards efficiently.

Reading what your opponents want so you don’t overbid, and the tension of knowing there’s no turning back once you’ve played a value, make this game hard to resist.

• Game system: auction, resource management
• Components: 48 play cards, 21 score cards, 1 start card, 34 cubes, 4 screens