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The Big Idea PDF

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The Big Idea is a game of inventing and investing, for 3 to 6 players.

This is the earlist version of The Big Idea from Cheapass Games, Product #026, with PDF files for cards and rules.

As with all our print-and-play files, the price for this product is strictly optional. You may also download it for free using the first link below.

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The Big Idea is a game of inventing and investing, for 3 to 6 players.

This is the earlist version of The Big Idea from Cheapass Games, Product #026, with PDF files for cards and rules.

As with all our print-and-play files, the price for this product is strictly optional. You may also download it for free using the first link below.

The Big Idea is a game of inventing and investing, for 3 to 6 players.

This is the earlist version of The Big Idea from Cheapass Games, Product #026, with PDF files for cards and rules.

As with all our print-and-play files, the price for this product is strictly optional. You may also download it for free using the first link below.

The Big Idea was one of the original Cheapass Games, #026.

  • Release Year: 2000

  • Game Type: Card Game

  • Designer: James Ernest

  • Artist: Damon Brown

  • Players: 3 to 6

  • Playing Time: 30 Minutes

  • Components to Print: Cards, Rules

  • You Also Need: Five colored chips for each player, money, and one 6-sided die

You’re all venture capitalists, trying to make the most money off the IPOs of new one-shot companies who make stuff like “Disposable Cats” and “Old Fashioned Pants.” Since it’s just a game, you also get to make up the new products.

The Big Idea is an inventing and investing game, part “make up a funny thing” and part “put your money where it will make the most profit” game. In a vein similar to Apples to Apples (from the same year), players vote on what ideas they like best. But in this game you vote with money.

The Big Idea has been through several editions over the years, but this is the original #026, with just 54 black and white cards and a simple one-page rulebook.

Links:

  • The Big Idea Card File (6 Pages, PDF)

  • The Big Idea Rules

  • How to Make Cards Video

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