Payout! 2008

Payout! is a chance-heavy board game that Jonathan Leistiko made up back in August of 2003 as an alternate use for the 1,000 Blank White Questions game board. Payout! is a “race to the end” board game. You start the game with 20 cents. There are 6 different types of spaces on the board. Each type corresponds to a vault. If you land on a vault with coins in it, you get the coins that are in the vault. If you land on a space without coins in it, you have to put coins in the vault. When you get to the end of the board, you get to sit in a vault and take all of the coins that go in it. If you have the most money at the end of the game, you win.

Payout! is a game for three to six players, although you can play it with two if you really want to. Payout! uses two dice, loose change, pawns, and a custom board. You can download the custom board and read the rules at http://www.invisible-city.com/play/477. A four-player game takes about 30 minutes to play. Payout! is appropriate for ages 7 and up, and is a great way to reinforce basic counting and money skills with younger children.