How to play Snake Oil

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Learn the rules to the board game Snake Oil quickly and concisely - This visually rich video has no distractions, just the rules.

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RULES:

The object of the game is to win the most customer cards. Set out all the decks. Each player draws 6 word cards (the snake oil cards with the rounded edges). Select 1 player to go first. That player draws a customer card (blue on one side, green on the other) and picks one side, reads it along, and takes on the role of the type of customer they read.

Every other player now must combine two word cards from their hand and create an item for that customer to buy. As soon as any player is ready, that player pitches their item to the customer. When one player is finished anyone else can jump in and make the next pitch. The Customer may cut off any pitch that goes over 30 seconds.

After each player has made a pitch, the customer chooses the best item and awards the customer card to the player who created that item. The word cards played in that round are discarded and players draw from any word deck replenishing their hand to 6 cards.

The player to the left of the current customer becomes next rounds new customer. You continue until everyone has been the customer once. The game then ends and whoever has the most customer cards in their possession wins. If there is a tie, play a tie breaker round between the tied players. If all the players are tied with 1 customer card, play more rounds until everyone has been the customer twice.

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