.co.uk Review

Fancy yourself as a bit of a wheeler dealer? Treat your family to Bargain Hunt: The Game and you'll soon be buying and selling a whole host of items "as cheap as chips!"

Bargain Hunt is based on the immensely popular BBC series of the same name and the object is to make the most money. It sounds simple enough, but the skill of the real bobby dazzler lies in buying the correct items from the antiques fair, then selling them at auction for a profit.

Players each have £500 to spend at the beginning of the game and 225 Antiques cards allow players to each select their three purchases. Next, 39 Auction Event cards, together with the Bargain Hunter's Dice and the Auction Dice, dictate the run of the auction along the usual "going, going, gone" lines. This is when the fun really begins--be prepared to ditch usual family and friend loyalties, as you go all out to get your profits as high as possible and maximise others' losses.

Aimed at people aged 12 and above, the game can be played with 2-6 players or in teams. A lively, fun and competitive game, Bargain Hunt is great for family gatherings and dinner parties. (Fake tan not included.) --Susan Naylor

Contents

Playing Board
225 x Antiques Cards
39 x Auction Event Cards
Bargain Hunter's Score Pad
1 x Bargain Hunter's Dice
2 x Auction Dice
2 x pencils