#91: Nur Peanuts

Nur Peanuts

• designer: Heinz Meister
• publisher: Goldsieber
• date: 2001
• BoardGameGeek rank/rating: 2853/6.05
• position on my top 100 in 2005: did not appear
• age: 8+
• # of players: 2-6
• print status: out of print
• cost: I cannot find a copy for sale in the U.S. - but it's worth searching out!

About every 10th game of Nur Peanuts (which loosely translates as "Chump Change") flops (for no discernible reason) but the other 9 have enough pathos, risk-taking, hooting, hollering & general euphoria to make up for that. It's Monopoly reduced to the most basic element - cash & dice... and it's probably one of the best 6 player push-your-luck games out there.

In our group, the cry "Trip around the board!" - first heard while playing this game - has become our short hand for "spending crazy money on the vain hope of a lucky payoff." BTW, that pretty much sums up the joy of this wonderful off-beat game.

It also, according to Stven Carlberg, could potentially never end - but he's never seen that happen. :-)