Whenever cards are discarded, they’re placed face up into one of two discard piles. While this game is mostly about bluffing, there are ways to gather some limited information about the other players’ hands.
You can even offer cards from your bag as part of a bribe. So not only can you bribe the sheriff to leave your bag unopened, the other players can also bribe the sheriff to open the bag. Making things even trickier, players are allowed to bribe the sheriff. However, if the player was being honest, it’s the sheriff who must pay a fine for each card in the bag. The fines for contraband are especially high. If they find any cards that aren’t supposed to be there, the player must pay the sheriff a fine for each one. The sheriff must decide whether or not to inspect the player’s bag. So if they say “four bread,” the bag could actually contain two bread, a chicken, and a contraband. While player’s can’t lie about how many cards are in the bag, they can lie about what type. Players can’t claim to have more than one type of card or contraband in the bag. The player responds by telling them the type of card they have (bread, chicken, apple or cheese) and how many. Then, one at time, the sheriff asks what’s in a player’s bag. These are the goods they’re trying to get past the sheriff.
Players can bring legal merchandise into their market stall, but if they’re willing to take a risk, they can also bring in some valuable (and illegal) contraband.Įach round, one player gets to be the sheriff, while everyone else puts no more than five cards from their hand into their bags. They can use bluffing, bribing, and even genuine honesty to accomplish that task. In this game, players are trying to get as much merchandise past the titular Sheriff of Nottingham. This may be the only board game that lets you role pay as an incredulous medieval inspector while shouting at your friends, “WHAT’S IN THE BAG?” We’ve played lots of games like that! For the latest episode of our Overboard series, we played Sheriff of Nottingham. Board games can do a lot to create a sense of immersion by having you role play as a character.
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