You're Bluffing!

A farm-themed bidding game where the auctioneer can always outbid you, so overeager offers just feed their collection.

👥 3–5 playersapprox. 45 min🪄 Rules in 5 min10+
6.2 · BGG #2,303

Who it's for

Bluffing fans who enjoy auctions with a psychological twist, where restraint often beats aggression.

Not for you if…

You want a straightforward auction without a built-in trap for the highest bidder, because here that trap is the whole design.

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Vibe's take

sly, tense, social, quick, mischievous

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About this game

You're Bluffing! turns barnyard trading into psychological warfare. The top card of the deck goes to auction, but the auctioneer can always match the highest bid and keep the animal for themselves, so bidding too eagerly just hands them exactly what they wanted. Complete your own set instead by challenging another player to a blind trade, both of you slipping a secret bid face down, and the higher offer walks away with their animal. Every choice trains you to read the table rather than the cards, and by the end nobody trusts anyone's poker face, least of all their own.

Auctioneer can match any bidBlind-bid trading between playersSets of farm animal cards

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Players

Best at 5 playersWorks with 3–5

Duration

45 min

Ages 10+

Complexity

1.6 / 5 — Light

BGG Rating

6.2/10

Rank #2,303

4.7k ratings

Published

1985

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