SchWag: Schrödinger's Wager 2014

SchWag: Schrodinger's Wager is a bluffing, wagering and deduction game set within the silliest experiment ever.

Lab assistants and researchers from various fields decided to put together a real live version of the Schrödinger's cat thought experiment. They didn't have the heart (or the support of PETA) to kill the animals so they instead decided to give them heavy tranquilizers.

They were still bored. So to make things even more interesting they started betting on whether the cats would emerge awake or asleep. Pay being what it is, they soon resorted to trickery. Now they could use their money and slight of hand to win the respect of their peers, for Science!

At the beginning of each round a number of cats are placed on the table and boxes are laid on top of them. Each player shuffles and then draws 5 cards from their 10 card deck. Everyone takes turn playing wager cards (which include some cheats and other sneaky stuff), until they are out of cards. Everyone's deck is the same, but the cards they drew could be very different. Finally the boxes and wager cards are flipped face up. The player with the most money on an awake cat receives one Science! for that cat. Asleep cats do not give Science! Play continues until one player has 7 Science! for 2 players, 5 Science! for 3 players, or 4 Science! for 4 players.