Deal or No Deal Board Game by Pressmen

Deal or No Deal is a great game show that many of wish we could directly be a part of, and now you can! Well sort of, with Pressmen's Deal or No Deal home board game. Deal or no Deal the board game puts tow players right in the middle of the heart stopping guessing game we have all come to know and love on NBC. The outcome of the game is never the same, and play times can last for as little or long as both players like. Deal or no Deal is going to be a great addition to any family board game collection.

As we all know Deal or no Deal is a game where there are 26 brief cases, each with a dollar amount inside. At the start of the game a player will chose a brief case and then eliminate the reaming briefcases one at a time. After a few brief cases have been removed that banker will offer the contestant a dollar amount for their brief case and the contestant has the option to take the deal, or not, hence the name Deal or no Deal. The bankers offer will depend on what numbers have been eliminated from other briefcases. If there are a lot of high numbers left like anything above 100,000 then the bankers offer will be pretty large, otherwise if there are a lot of the high numbers eliminated the bankers offer will be low.

At the start of the board game the "host" will put cards with money values on them into little cardboard briefcases numbered 1-26. Then the contestant will chose one of those briefcases and the game begins just like the show. If you don't have three players then obviously the host will double as the banker. Play continues just like the show with the contestant eliminating other briefcases, and receiving offers from the baker in accordance with the numbers left in play.

The Deal or No Deal board game comes with a board that lets you know what values are left, just like in the show, so both the contestant, host, and banker can keep track of what numbers are left in the remaining brief cases. Also to determine a winner, if you feel like it, set a monetary value to shoot for, like 2 million dollars and the host and contestant will switch places each taking a turn trying to win money. Use the paper dollar bills to keep track of score and try to make the best deals you can with the ever greedy banker. There is even a chart that comes with that game that will help the banker decide on how much to offer a contestant per round.

Overall, Deal or no Deal is a pretty good board game, although it can get a bit tiring after a while. The set up, with the little briefcases, chart that tells the banker how much to offer, and the board that keeps track of what's left in the brief cases all give the game a very realistic feel. If you're a big fan of the show, or are looking for a new kind of board game, you may want to give Deal or no Deal by Pressmen a try.