Lunch Money (1996)

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Board Game Rank: 4594

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Designer	John Nephew Charlie Weidman
Artist	Andrew Yates
Publisher	Atlas Games NekoCorp
Year Published	1996
# of Players	2 − 4
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 4 players Recommended with 2, 3, 4, more than 4 players (9 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	20 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	12 and up
User Suggested Ages	12 and up (5 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence	Some necessary text - easily memorized or small crib sheet (4 voters) [poll]
Honors	1996 Origins Awards Best Card Game Winner
Subdomain	Thematic Games (16 voters) [vote]
Category	Card Game Fighting
Mechanic	Hand Management
Expansion	Lunch Money: Sticks and Stones
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This card game simulates children (a little girl is featured on all cards) running around the playground beating up each other and stealing their lunch money. Once you get past the strange theme, there's a fun little game where players beat each other senseless with cards like 'Poke in the Eye', 'Uppercut', and 'Humiliation.' Not for the weak willed, this game is mean. The last player still standing wins.

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Beer Money

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Beer Money

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Awards

1996 Origins Awards Winner, Best Card Game (three-way tie with Legend of the Five Rings & Mythos).

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Lunch Money

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French edition

Publisher: NekoCorp

Artist: Andrew Yates

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Atlas Games English edition 1996

Publisher: Atlas Games

Artist: Andrew Yates

Year: 1996

Product Code: AG1100

Size: 5.25 x 3.80 x 0.80 inches

0.50 pounds

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1	General New Player Aid that includes expansion	2012-05-22	colson3	0
1	General The girl on the cards	2011-09-14	Luthien	3
3	General Custom scratch built Lunch Money Lunch box	2011-04-21	domshen	3
0	General Lunch Money t-shirts	2010-02-04	sevorges	0
3	Reviews An Average Gamer reviews: Lunch Money	2009-12-08		3
0	Rules How to treat blocks of Big Combos?	2009-07-08	7rym	2
6	Reviews Morningstar Review: Lunch Money	2009-05-20	Morningst...	0
0	Rules Lunch Money rules needed	2009-04-19	fastfrank23	1
16	Reviews A Thorough and Objective Review [Lunch Money]	2008-12-24	Astinex	2
4	Sessions Ling Ling was going down, and I was just the girl to get it done.	2008-05-02	Kronman	3

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1	Lunch Money: Sticks and Stones General New Player Aid that includes expansion	2012-05-22	colson3	0
0	Lunch Money: Sticks and Stones General Humiliated!!	2004-08-11	tagger418	2

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8	That asshole guy and his gaming experiences Thin skin, yes, I think mine is. by That Dude	4
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LM Aid and Flowchart (w/ expansion)

Single page flowchart of all Lunch Money and Sticks & Stones card combos. Inspired by CrankyPants' aid.

colson3

2012-05-17

Lunch & Beer & Sticks Reference

Here is a reference sheet for playing Lunch Money, Lunch Money: Sticks & Stones, and Beer Money. I combined multiple cheat sheets into one reference so you don't need to switch back and forth if you want to combine the games. (This is my first upload to BGG, comments and criticism are welcome)

mykiezee

2010-01-07

Français - Aide de jeu - Cartes

Contient un tableau des cartes et de leurs effets

watsh

2007-10-19

Lunch_Money_AID.pdf

PDF version of orodreth's fantastic player aid for those without Microsoft Word.

Trachalio

2007-08-21

Toonie_Counters_v1.pdf

Quick and dirty set of toonies to print out, cut out, and use as life tokens. 45 tokens per page.

Trachalio

2007-08-21

Lunch Money Español.pdf

Lunch Money en Español by Manolo Vila

manolovila

2007-08-01

lunchmoney_refcard.pdf

Lunch Money 2-sided quick reference card, Version 1, full color

chindent

2007-05-11

LunchMoneyCZ.pdf

Rules for Lunch Money in Czech / Pravidla pro Lunch Money v èeštinì

Nogard

2006-03-22

Lunch_Money_AID.doc

bwridge player aid, customized with Health Counter and Character Bio

orodreth

2005-09-12

lunchmoney'.hwp

Korean language crib sheet

bwridge

2004-11-21

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Board Game Rank:	4594
Thematic Rank:	419
Num Ratings:	1739
Average Rating:	5.71
Standard Deviation:	1.80
Num Views:	92519
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Avg. Game Weight:	1.5
Fans:	34

Personal Comments:	671
Users Owning:	2411
Users Wanting:	21
Users Trading:	184 [find trade matches]
Has Parts For Trade:	2
Want Parts In Trade:	1
Price History:	View
Total Plays:	1826
Plays This Month:	15

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Lunch Money: Sticks and Stones

Rank	N/A
Num Ratings	312
Average Rating	6.36
Average Weight	1.62

Num Owned	728
Prev. Owned	34
For Trade	38
Want in Trade	11

Wishlist	34
Comments	100
Year Published	2004

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Lloydian Aspects Lunch Money Review	http://www.lloydianaspects.co.uk/games/lunchm.html	2011-08-13
Game Paradise comparative review of "Lunch Money" to "Arena Assault"	http://www.gameparadisestore.com/wordpress/?p=757	2011-07-25
Lunch Money Review by Board Game Reviews by Josh	http://jedwards14thegamer.blogspot.com/2010/11/lun...	2010-11-17
Official FAQ	http://www.atlas-games.com/lunchmoney/lunchfaq.php	2009-11-13
Official Japanese Rules [pdf]	http://www.atlas-games.com/pdf_storage/LunchMoneyJ...	2009-11-13
Official Spanish Rules [pdf]	http://www.atlas-games.com/pdf_storage/LunchMoneyR...	2009-11-13
Official Czech Rules [pdf]	http://www.atlas-games.com/pdf_storage/LMRulesCZ.p...	2009-11-13
Official Portuguese Rules [doc]	http://www.atlas-games.com/pdf_storage/LM_rules_po...	2009-11-13
Official Play Reference [pdf]	http://www.atlas-games.com/pdf_storage/lmref.pdf	2009-11-13
Official English Rules [pdf]	http://www.atlas-games.com/pdf_storage/LMRules.pdf	2009-11-13