Pit

by Winning Moves

Product Features

• Ages 7+ player 3-8
• Time to learn 3 minutes-time to play 30+ minutes.
• Classic 1904 card game

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 1.5 x 4.9 x 5.9 inches ; 5.6 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B0015H1A3S
• Manufacturer recommended age: 7 years and up
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,081 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
  • #53 in Toys & Games > Games > Card Games
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (32 customer reviews)

Product Description

A favorite game since 1904, Pit lets you trade commodities to corner the market. Includes 74 premium quality cards, a corner board and rules. For 3 to 8 players.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Family or adult game - loud and silly, November 28, 2010

By 

ark76 "Annie K" (Virginia) - See all my reviews

= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Pit (Toy)

The best part of this game is that it takes 1 minute to explain and 3-8 people can play with no teams needed. Participants can easily come in and out of the game without messing it up for everyone. It is the ideal party game or family game night game when you want something loud and silly and easy without learning a whole new complex system.

I remembered playing this game when I was a child with my family and bought for my children who began playing successfully at age 8. It is most fun with at least 4 people. It is a hoot with 8, but bring out the aspirin as it will get loud. There aren't too many games that adults, teens and children can play together without being too simple or complex for some. This transcends all age groups and keeps everyone entertained. I can't say enough good about it and think it should be a staple in everyone's game closet.

The deck of cards has 8 sets of commodities, 9 cards for each (like suits). You will shuffle the deck with a commodity for each player (4 players, 4 commodities...) reserving the rest and deal out all the cards, giving everyone a mixed hand. The simple goal is to be the first person to trade your cards to end up with a hand of just one type of commodity. To trade, you call out what you want and trade with other players. Since different commodities have different point values, you keep score based on the value of commodity that you acquired, beginning a new round after each successful "win". You can set whatever point value you want to make the game last as long as you want.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Such a fun game for the family, March 8, 2010

By 

C.W. Knits (Madison, WI USA) - See all my reviews

= Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Pit (Toy)

We owned the older version of this game--the one with the corn, barley, oats, etch--so we were a little disappointed to see they changed it to silver, gold, etc. At least they include cocoa in the commodities. :-) Anyway, it's still just as fun as ever. Our family has such a rollicking time playing it that I think we scared the neighbors. Fun for everyone without any fuss, just a deck of cards.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Loud!, April 9, 2010

By 

Horacio Perez - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:4.0 out of 5 stars 

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: Pit (Toy)

Lots of fun. If you like loud crazy games this is it. Make sure you don't have any small kids or toddlers around. We made that mistake and it freaked them out because of how loud we got playing the game. You might get horse the next day. Kids and adults will like it. Good game for Thanksgiving or family reunions. Buy it.