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HOW TO PLAY - LAWSUIT - GAME
RULES
Set-Up
The game board should be unfolded, and each set of cards should be
shuffled and then placed, face down, in its proper place along the top.
Each player should choose a playing piece, and one player should be
designated as banker. The banker should give each player $40,000
and separate the remaining money into piles, one for each denomination.
Playing pieces should be placed on the
START square. Each player should then throw the die to determine
the order of play. Play proceeds in a clockwise fashion beginning
with the player whose throw was highest.
Playing The Game - The Basics
At each turn, a player may choose either to throw the die and move
his or her piece the indicated number of spaces in the direction of the
arrows, or (except as noted under DRAWING SETTLEMENT CARDS) draw a
SETTLEMENT card.
A player who chooses to throw the die
follows the directions on the space upon which he or she lands.
If a player lands on a LAWSUIT! space, he
or she draws a LAWSUIT! card:
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If directed to move back a number of
spaces, the player follows the directions on the new space landed
upon.
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If directed to draw a SETTLEMENT card,
the player follows the SETTLEMENT card's directions.
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Otherwise, the player may either
follow the directions on the LAWSUIT! card, or appeal them. An
appeal is taken by drawing an APPEAL card and following its
directions instead.
(Directions to move back several spaces,
or draw a SETTLEMENT card, are not appealable.)
Once drawn, each card should be returned
to the bottom of its proper stack.
Drawing Settlement Cards
At each turn after landing on, or passing the space - "You passed
the bar exam. Pay $5,000 to start your law practice" - instead of
throwing the die and advancing on the board, a player may instead choose
to settle a case by drawing a SETTLEMENT card. If the player does
so, he or she follows the directions on that card, and remains in place
for that turn. Players also draw SETTLEMENT cards when directed to
do so by a LAWSUIT! card.
NOTE: No appeal may be taken from a
SETTLEMENT card.
Doubling Awards
Any time after landing on, or passing the space - "You passed the
bar exam. Pay $5,000 to start your law practice"- a player may
choose to discontinue practicing law solo and become a partner in a
firm. The player may do so by "buying into" the law firm
partnership by paying $20,000 to the bank. The player then becomes
a "Partner," and all amounts thereafter collected or paid are doubled.
NOTE: A "Partner" may also resign his or
her partnership at any time. If he or she does so, however, only
$10,000 of the buy-in is returned by the bank. Thereafter, the
player again receives (or pays) only the face amounts indicated on the
spaces upon which he or she lands, or the cards which he or she draws.
The Finish
A player who runs out of money during the game is disqualified.
Otherwise, the first player to reach or pass "FINISH" receives a $5,000
bonus and ends the game. At that point, players count their money
and the one with the most is the winner and the Attorney of the Year.
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