Pyramid Review
eBay: The Card Game
Published by Journeyman Press
Written by Marcus D'Amelio
Illustrated by Aaron Williams
$19.95
Games that imitate or are based on websites are nothing new. Already in 2001, 9th Level Games and ethereal FORGE have given us the Ninja Burger The Role-Playing Game, based upon the NinjaBurger website. But for what is their swan song, Journeyman Press have based their last game on eBay, the well known, if not to say, infamous on-line auction site (or as it likes to style itself, The world's Online Marketplace). eBay: The Card Game comes in a sturdy, deep oblong box. Inside there are three decks of cards and five ordinary six-sided dice, all of which are securely held in a plastic insert that doubles as the game's card tray. In addition there is a single Start player card and a rules sheet. The three decks consist of sixty Curio cards, one hundred Bidding cards and seventy-five Item cards.
All of the components are high quality, and fans of the Nodwick comic, will be pleased that Aaron Williams has illustrated all of the cards. Whilst there is little difference in the illustrations for the Curio and Bidding cards, each Item card is individually drawn and named, and is accompanied by a descriptive quote. Favourites include:
- "Monkey Phone Call" -- If you win this auction I will call you and screech in the phone. Average length 2 to 3 minutes.
- "Plastic Blundercats Lunchbox" -- Blunder Blunder Blundercats ho! Now relive that not so great cartoon from your childhood . . .
This article originally appeared in the second volume of Pyramid. See the current Pyramid website for more information.
Article publication date: December 14, 2001
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