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Sheriff of Nottingham
Declare your goods, negotiate a bribe and decide whose merchant bag deserves inspection.
PLAYERS3–5 players
PLAY TIMEUp to 60 min
AGE8+
TYPEBluffing
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AT THE TABLE
A little about Sheriff of Nottingham.
Players take turns acting as Sheriff while everyone else tries to bring goods into Nottingham. Merchants load their bags in secret and declare what they are carrying. The Sheriff can let them through or inspect them, creating a contest of truthful declarations, concealed contraband and negotiated payments.
What you’ll do
- Choose goods and secretly load your merchant bag
- Declare one legal type of goods and negotiate with the Sheriff
- Inspect bags or let them pass, then rotate the Sheriff role
Good to know
This is the original three-to-five-player game in your collection, not the later six-player edition. The declaration must give the true number of cards, even when the claimed type of goods is a bluff.
BluffingNegotiationSet collection
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