Gem Dealer (2008)

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Designer	Reiner Knizia
Artist	Paul Niemeyer
Publisher	Gryphon Games Wargames Club Publishing
Year Published	2008
# of Players	3 − 5
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 5 players Recommended with 4, 5 players (5 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	30 minutes
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User Suggested Ages	6 and up (2 voters) [poll]
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Subdomain	Family Games (5 voters) [vote]
Category	Card Game
Mechanic	Auction/Bidding Hand Management
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Family	Gryphon Games bookshelf series
Primary Name	Gem Dealer
Alternate Names	寶石商人
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What do the best gem dealers in the world do when their discriminating clients demand the finest of gems for their prized collections? Everything they can - and anything they have to.

Gem Dealer is a game of strategy in which players collect priceless gems through a bidding process that involves cunning, calculation and a bit of bluffing. But bidders beware! The risks you take might pay off, or they could cost you a fortune.

Gem Dealer combines fun and suspense and daring and luck. But only the shrewdest Gem Dealer of them all will walk away in the end with the winning collection.

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Number 3 in the Gryphon Games bookshelf series.

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90 Gem Cards
25 Acrylic Gems
6 Wild Cards
1 Rule Booklet

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Gem Dealer

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Gryphon Games bookshelf edition

Publisher: Gryphon Games

Artist: Paul Niemeyer

Year: 2008

Product Code: 101115N

Size: 8.50 x 6.25 x 2.00 inches

1.00 pounds

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Artist: Paul Niemeyer

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Gem Dealer [Video Review] Gem Dealer

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0	General Working on making Gryphon's Gem Dealer colour-blind friendly	2011-01-04	wmcduff	4
1	Rules Starting player has no cards	2010-10-31	pkreynolds	2
6	Reviews Review: Gem Dealer	2010-10-19	gschloesser	0
0	Variants Action Cards for Gem Dealer (à la Ivanhoe)?	2010-03-23	wmcduff	0
0	Rules Declaring card	2009-10-28	DieFade	2
3	Reviews Comparative Reviews of the Gryphon Games Bookshelf Series	2009-10-27	Blue Steel	2
1	Rules The wild 10 card	2009-05-30	musici	3
0	Rules What happens when you have only wild cards at the start of the round?	2009-05-30	musici	2
0	Sessions Gem Dealer - our first play with 3 players	2009-05-09	sa266	1
1	Sessions Oh, what a lovely display of Diamonds you have...	2009-02-13	fbi_boy	0

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Revised Quick Start - Gem Dealer

Revised summary of the rules to quickly refresh your memory and get you and your game group up and playing faster.

cowhollow

2010-03-19

Gems Dealer - Quick Start

Summary of Gems Dealer rules to refresh your memory and setup and start playing quickly.

cowhollow

2009-03-29

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Board Game Rank:	5986
Family Game Rank:	779
Num Ratings:	186
Average Rating:	5.55
Standard Deviation:	1.48
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Personal Comments:	79
Users Owning:	300
Users Wanting:	15
Users Trading:	20 [find trade matches]
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Video review by Tom Vasel	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLU-Rmm1V7Q	2010-06-02
English Review on Gamers Alliance	http://www.gamersalliance.com/Sp09/gemdealer.htm	2010-05-12
Board to Death Video Review	http://www.boardtodeath.tv/review/1647	2010-01-20
Review at Drake's Flames	http://drakesflames.blogspot.com/2009/02/wretched-...	2009-07-13
Gem dealer page at Fred Distribution website	http://www.freddistribution.com/control/product/~p...	2009-01-24