Welcome to Gosling, where the rent is high and the piglets play dirty.
Monopoly meets fairy-tale extortion. Outmaneuver, evict, and out-build your rivals in a cutthroat race to dominate the real estate empire of Gosling!
🎲 Game At A Glance
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Players: 2 – 5 Players
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Play Time: 30 – 45 Minutes
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Recommended Age: 10+
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Complexity: Fast-paced, high-strategy card game with intense table talk
🏡 Overview
Welcome to Gosling—where classic nursery rhyme figures turn into corrupt landlords and shady tenants. In Oinkonomics, your goal is simple: be the first player to own three Brick Flats.
Start your empire with a humble Straw Shack. Shake down your neighbors for rent, draw cards from three distinct decks, manage your bankroll through The Market, and upgrade your holdings into Stick Cabins and Brick Flats. But keep your wits about you—in Gosling, your opponents are always looking to sabotage your properties, swap your tenants, or huff and puff your hard work away!
🔥 Key Features
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3-Tier Property Progression: Upgrade your real estate empire from Straw Shacks ($1 base rent) to Stick Cabins ($2 base rent) and finally to Brick Flats ($3 base rent).
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3-Deck Strategy System: Strategically draw from the Property/Tenant Deck, Action Deck, or Money Deck to build your engine or shut down rivals.
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Dynamic "The Market" Economy: Use the shared Market discard pile to make exact change, execute currency swaps ($3 → $2, $1), or scrap properties for quick emergency cash when rent is due.
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Ruthless "Take-That" Gameplay:
- Charge rent through aggressive Shakedowns whenever you hold more property types than an opponent.
- Deploy devastating Action Cards like Huff & Puff (destroys a property), Swindle (steals cards), or Burst Pipes (blocks rent collection).
- Dodge debt at the last second with counter-cards like Short Change.
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Unique Tenant Synergies: Recruited tenants add game-changing abilities and rent boosts—like Humpty Dumpty (+3 rent bonus, but penalizes you if evicted) or Sarah Hutt (immune to standard $2 evictions).
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Rich Narrative World: Created by author Brad LaMar and featuring retro 1920s Art Deco artwork by award-winning illustrator Mark Kenji Gonzales.
📦 What’s In The Box
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108 Total Game Cards:
- 36 Money Cards ($1, $2, and $3 bills)
- 33 Property Cards (Straw Shacks, Stick Cabins, Brick Flats)
- 23 Action Cards (Sabotage, Evictions, Permits, and Swindles)
- 16 Unique Tenant Cards (Featuring iconic Gosling locals like Humpty Dumpty, Otis, Chip Weasel, and The "Dish" & The "Spoon")
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5 Quick-Start Game Cards (with QR link to the full rulebook)
- 1 Master Rulebook & Setup Guide
💡 Why You'll Love It
Whether you're hosting family game night or looking for a high-stakes, interactive card game for game night with friends, Oinkonomics delivers quick turns, deep strategy, and non-stop table drama!
"Respect your turn, swindle with style, and remember: the rent's too high, but so is the drama!"