
Pit is an open-outcry commodity trading game The first edition in 1903 had a deck of 63 cards 9 each of 7 commodities each with a value (ranging from 40 for Flax to 100 for Wheat) Players offer trades by crying out the number of cards they want to swap (“ One! One! One!” or “ Three! Three! Three!”) but not their identity The winner of the hand is the first to collect all of one commodity declaring “ Corner on Wheat!” or whatever commodity has been collected The winner of the hand scores points equal to the value of the commodity & the winner of the game is the first to 500 points 3–8 Players 30–90 Min Playing Time Age 7