🎮 AuctiOn Game Rules

A strategic auction game of bluffing, bidding, and resource management

📜 Introduction

AuctiOn is a turn-based auction game where players strategically buy and sell items to accumulate as much virtual currency as possible. Success requires careful inventory management, clever bidding strategies, effective bluffing, and smart resource allocation.

Game Items

Item	Weight	Set Bonus (3 items)
Square	1	+10 coins
Circle	3	+30 coins
Triangle	5	+50 coins

🎯 Objective & Game Setup

Primary Goal

Accumulate the most coins

Starting Resources

Each player begins with:

• Initial inventory of items (Squares, Triangles, Circles)
• Starting coins

Those parameters can be customized in the lobby settings before starting the game.

⚙️ Game Mechanics

Turn Structure

The game progresses through a series of turns where players alternate roles:

1. One player acts as theSeller
2. All other players act as Buyers
3. After each round, roles rotate

Selling Phase

As the Seller:

1. Select any number of items from your inventory to create a batch
2. Buyers do not know the specific items or quantities in your batch
3. Only the total weight of the batch (sum of item weights) is revealed to buyers

💡 Seller Strategy Tip

Consider creating batches with mixed item types that might confuse buyers about the true value. For example, a batch with weight 5 could be one Triangle (weight 5) or five Squares (weight 1 each). Also be careful not to create batches with all your items, otherwise you risk disqualification! More details on disqualification in the Item Management Rules section below.

Bidding Phase

As a Buyer:

1. Evaluate the potential value of the batch based on its weight
2. Place a bid using coins. (this is not mandatory)
3. The highest bidder wins the entire batch and pays their bid amount to the seller

💡 Bidding Strategy Tip

Consider both the potential value of items AND your current inventory needs when bidding. Sometimes it's worth overbidding to prevent another player from getting crucial items.

Bluffing & Strategic Elements

• Sellers can create misleading batches to drive up bids
• Buyers must decide how much to risk with limited information

💡 Advanced Strategy Tip

Pay close attention to other players' bidding patterns to identify when they might be desperate for certain items. Players often bid higher when they need specific items to complete sets. In the last round, for example, a player with a lot of items will desperately try to sell them, trying to avoid being disqualified from being the player with most items.

⚠️ Disqualification Rules

• You MUST end the game with at least one item

Players with zero items are DISQUALIFIED from winning

• You CANNOT win if you finish with more items than any other player

Having the most items DISQUALIFIES you from winning

💡 Important Balance Tip

Balance your inventory! Too many items will disqualify you, while too few risk elimination. Aim for the second-highest item count among players.

🏆 Victory Conditions

When all turns are completed:

1. Check if any player has been disqualified
2. Calculate your Set Collection Bonus (see below)
3. Add your bonus to your coin total
4. The player with the most coins who meets all item requirements wins

Set Collection Bonus System

At the end of the game, you earn bonus coins for collecting complete sets of identical items:

• A 'set' consists of exactly 3 identical items
• For each complete set, gain 10 × item weight in bonus coins
• Incomplete sets provide NO bonus

Set Bonus Examples

⬜⬜⬜ = 3 Squares = +10 coins (10 × 1 weight)
🛆🛆🛆= 3 Triangles = +50 coins (10 × 5 weight)
⭕⭕⭕ = 3 Circles = +30 coins (10 × 3 weight)

💡 Set Collection Strategy

Focus on high-value sets like Triangles when possible. A single Triangle set (+50 coins) is worth more than collecting a Square and Circle set combined (+40 coins)!

🚀 Coming Soon Features

Future expansions to the AuctiOn game:

📈 Market Events

Dynamic economic changes that affect item values during gameplay.

Feature Preview

Market events will periodically change item values or provide temporary bonuses for holding specific combinations of items. These events create opportunities for strategic planning and can dramatically shift the game's direction!

⚡ Power-ups

Special abilities that provide tactical advantages during gameplay.

Feature Preview

Power-ups will let you peek at batch contents, block specific players from bidding, manipulate auction outcomes, and more. Each power-up has a unique cost and timing, adding a new layer of strategy to your decision-making!

👥 Friend System

Connect with other players for enhanced social gameplay.

Feature Preview

The friend system will let you send requests, maintain a list of friends, and invite friends to game lobbies. You'll also be able to see when friends are online and track your gameplay history together!