Last Will

About this board game

Last Will is a 2011 board game for 2–5 players that takes about 75 minutes. You are competing for a rich uncle’s inheritance by spending your fortune faster than the other heirs.

Each player begins with money, an individual player board, two errand boys, and cards representing properties and helpers. Every round, cards from the property, companion, event, helper, and expense decks are placed on offering boards, while special cards form a separate deck.

Before taking actions, players choose a plan for the round. The plan determines how many cards they draw, how many errand boys they can use, how many actions they receive, and their position in the playing order.

• Take displayed cards or draw from a regular deck.
• Visit the opera and spend money.
• Adjust property-market value modifiers.
• Take a player-board extension for additional card space.

During the action phase, players use cards to turn money into expenses. One-time events, recurring expenses, helpers, companions, and properties all offer ways to increase spending. Companions can join events or recurring expenses, while helpers and special cards provide unique powers.

Properties can depreciate, but selling them usually puts money back into your hands. Managing the property market and timing depreciation can therefore be essential to escaping your wealth. At the end of each round, players discard down to two cards and apply property depreciation.

In Last Will, bankruptcy ends the game at the conclusion of the round when a player has no money and no properties. Otherwise, the game ends after seven rounds, and the player with the least money—or the most debt—wins.