Boardgames

Bidder Up!

Trade animals and take part in ten auctions as you build valuable sets, with two board layouts offering different ways to play.

60
minutes

2 - 4
player(s)

Medium Light

Bidder Up! board game cover

About this board game

Bidder Up! is an animal-trading and auction board game for 2–4 players, with a play time of about 60 minutes. Released in 2016, it challenges players to collect valuable sets of critters while trading with one another.

The game features ten different auctions around the board. Alongside these auctions, players trade animals with other players, creating a marketplace where the right exchanges can help shape each collection.

A double-sided board gives Bidder Up! two ways to play. One side presents the core board-game experience of animal trading and auctions, while the other adds market manipulation to the value of the animals themselves.

  • Animal trading between players
  • Ten auctions around the game board
  • Valuable sets of critters to collect
  • A double-sided board with two ways to play
  • A mode featuring manipulation of animal values

Every part of the game centers on the relationship between trading, auctions, and collection building. Players can focus on assembling sets while responding to the changing value of animals in the version that includes market manipulation.

With its combination of negotiation through trades, participation in auctions, and set collection, Bidder Up! offers a focused board-game interpretation of animal dealing and marketplace activity for small groups.