Forks

Three players compete in the capital market. Use 2–10 from four suits. Each suit represents an asset class. The number represents its investment popularity.

Adapted from Forks by Mark Stockton-Pitt.

Gameplay

• Deal 12 cards to each player as their draw deck.
• Each round, players draw 3 cards from their deck.
• Simultaneously, each player pass 2 cards to the left.

Rounds 1–3: Players take turns to play 1 card face-up from the cards received from the right. The staring player rotates each round.

Rounds 4: Players simultaneously play 1 card face-down and reveal it together.

Scoring

• Stack played cards by suit. At the end of 4 rounds, rank the suits by total face value. Ties break as ♠ > ♥ > ♣ > ♦.
• Each player earns or loses based on the value of cards in their hand. The top 2 suits yield positive returns, no gain for the 3rd and negative for the lowest.