Deal or No Deal

Postal Version of the Channel 4 Game Show. 11 Blues: 1p, 10p, 50p, £1, £5, £10, £50, £100, £250, £500, £750. 11 Reds: £1K, £3K, £5K, £10K, £15K, £20K, £35K, £50K, £75K, £100K, £250K. There are 22 boxes, each containing one of the above amounts. One of these is given to the player.

On the first round, he must choose 5 boxes to be opened (not his own). The results are reported in the zine together with the Banker's offer. The value of this offer depends on what unseen box values are left in the game.

In the second and subsequent rounds, the player may elect to take the offer ("Deal") or reject the offer ("No Deal") and play on. If the takes the money that is his final score. If he plays on he must choose three more boxes. Should a player NMR the deal is accepted.

This continues until all players have accepted a deal or the remaining players are down to two boxes. In this final round, the players may accept the deal, keep their box, or swap their box with the other unopened one.

Postally this can be played with any number of players concurrently. There are two winners: Whoever get the most money and "Best Dealer" - this being the player who accepted a deal that was the greatest amount above the money in his box. Of course if they are the same player there's only one winner.

In the startup of the postal game, each player when signing up should name his initial 5 boxes. All 22 boxes will be randomly assigned a value. The player's own box will be randomly selected from the remaining 17. This will give a starting report similar to the one below:

by Richard Smith March 2006