New Pit Card Game - Corner The Market Game - Winning Moves Classic Trading Game
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Pros
- An engaging, lively card game that provides a high-level experience of a trading floor.
- Exercises strategy, planning and attention skills, as students must constantly manage and re-think their hands in a fast-paced game.
- All players are actively engaged throughout the game.
Considerations
- Students with auditory processing weaknesses or who become easily distracted in a noisy environment might have difficulty with players calling out simultaneously. The instructions do offer a silent bidding variation.
- The more players, the more interesting the game becomes but also the louder.
- Can cause disagreements of who trades with whom, who said what, etc.
Mindprint Expert Review
Pit is a card game for three to eight players modeled after the loud excitement of a commodity exchange of a trading floor. There are as many commodities as there are players. Each player starts with nine cards, and silently decides which commodity to corner, meaning collecting all of that suit. When the "Exchange" opens, players trade cards with opponents by calling out the number of cards they are willing to trade without showing the suit they will give. Only players who shout out the same number are able to trade. The first player to collect all nine cards of the same suit calls out "Corner" and is awarded the number of points on that commodity card. Rounds continue in similar fashion until someone reaches the pre-designated point total. During the game, players are constantly making trade-offs between the probability of getting the nine cards of the same suit, the value of the commodity, and the likelihood of their opponents cornering the market. Pit is an energetic, loud game that gives players a fun sense of how a trading floor operates and how to think about trade-offs with probabilities and point values.
Academic Benefits
Improves academic skills
- Provides sufficient and varied types of practice problems to maximize understanding and generalization of the targeted skill/concept
- Manufacturer claims alignment with Common Core/Known Standards
- Presents educational concepts accurately
- Explains answers so students can learn from mistakes
- Better for teaching the skill to new or struggling learners
- Better for practicing or refreshing the skill
- Skills are practiced through authentic, meaningful problems (not just rote practice)
Fun
Engaging for the Mindprint recommended age range
- Appropriate for a broad age range to use and enjoy
- Visually appealing to children in the target age range
- Adults would enjoy playing with a child
- For electronic games, gives positive or encouraging feedback
- Offers ongoing, progressive challenge
- Overall - Enjoyable. Given the option, students would choose this option
Easy to Use
Understandable for children in the Mindprint recommended age range
- Provides teaching guidance for adults to support the child and set appropriate goals
- Student should be able to use independently after first use
- Student graduates to the next level or topic only after meeting a benchmark
- Can effectively understand and monitor student's progress (email report or in product)
- Does not require excessive set-up time after first time use
- Can be fun as a single player game
- Multi-player game which fosters collaboration or cooperation
- Well-made for the cost
- For electronic games, can play without sound
- For electronic games, allows user to save work
- For electronic games, voice/sounds are appealing and pronounces words properly
- Provides options to play in languages other than English/Good for ELL
- Presents information in multiple formats (voice over, pictures and text, etc.)
- Overall - Easy to use
Cognitive Concerns
May not be advisable for students with the following cognitive needs
- Auditory Processing
- Has auditory distractions that cannot be silenced (background music, players shout answers, etc.)
- A player's success depends on speed
- Expressive Language
- Student must be able to speak clearly to be successful
- Processing Speed
- A player's success depends on speed
- Working Memory
Manufacturer Description
Looking for a sure winner in the hot commodities market? Pit, the fast-paced card game, has been a bullish performer since its introduction way back in 1904. With all the ups and downs, desperate deals, and nonstop action of an actual trading floor, this lively game offers great fun without risking the family fortune. The rules are simple: Deal the cards, scream and trade like crazy, be the first to corner a specific market (nine cards of the same suit), and ring the closing bell. Sounds pretty realistic, doesn't it? Once you've got the basic game mastered, try throwing Bull and Bear cards into the mix--that's when things get really interesting! Pit comes neatly boxed with a set of 74 premium quality cards, a corner board and instructions. There are rules included for a silent bidding version of the game, but jumping up and down, waving wildly, and shouting yourself hoarse is half the fun! Includes 74 premium quality cards, a corner board and rules. For 3 to 8 players.