Coin Age

A two-player area-control duel fought with a map card, loose change and a good slap.

Designer: Adam P. McIver
Published by: Tasty Minstrel Games
Editions by: (Web published), KOI Games, Project Game

Coin Age is a two-player microgame played with a single card and the change in your pocket. The card is a little map, and the coins are your armies. Each turn you take one of each remaining coin (a quarter, a nickel, a penny, a dime), shake them in your hands and slap them down on the table. The number that match your side decides what you may do: place coins on the map, move them to a neighbor, or remove some. Bigger coins score more but a smaller coin can cover them, so there is a real push-your-luck edge. It is a print-and-play oddity that takes fifteen minutes, with the fun of a random slap and some sharp area control.

Coin slap decides your optionsSmall coins can cover big onesOne printed map card and pocket change

Who it's for

You two want a tiny, nearly free game you can print and play in a café, with a hint of luck and some tactics.

Not for you if…

You want a polished physical product or more than two players. It is a tiny print-and-play for exactly two.

Vibe's take

Scrappy and tactile. The coin slap adds a dash of luck to every turn, and the choice of which coin to risk on which space is the real game.