Walking into a dark sweltering room in the library, first off is questionable enough on an afternoon. A video blared men screaming and random images of men fighting in a stock room; this woke me up instantly along with numerous mini candy bars spread across the floor and the library's hard fake plastic furniture. Confused and a little overwhelmed I scavenged for my partner across the room til we finally made reassuring eye contact with each other, along with a smile that both made us feel better about the unfamiliar situation. Quickly easing back into a haze of familiarity was soon broken when Kapptie yelled, " Grab as much candy as you candy, don't eat your own money!"Everyone pounced to the floor, sprawling just to grab a few Hershey pieces, or throwing elbows to proclaim the now valuable Laffy Taffys. Proclaiming a portion of the table Brooke and I spread out about three large hand fulls. Glancing at the white boards, candy names' were listed along with random prices next to them. Now the game begins.
It took us a few glances around the room that people started to trade their candy for a different kind. They determined how much they were worth by the prices listed next to the written names of the candy. We first got a hint that Mr.Good Bar was splitting, so our first thought was to hurry and sell them because we thought it meant they were going to decrease by half their price. We were wrong. It means that they'll double in price by the end. We decided to go with a candy bar that had consistently rising, which was Twix and our Hershey's. It was frustrating because no one would trade us for some more Twix. Finally when Kim refused to give me her Twix even though she'd be making money, I took them by force but still left her the candy I offered that was worth more. Once we got all the Twixs, we felt pretty content, so we talk for some and also gave Drew all our regular Hershey's because he got a tip they'd be worth a lot. Gold also went down at the end that hurt us a ton. Drew's tip was wrong so he lost a lot of his "money" to us by giving us green Laffy Taffy for all of our Hershey's. In the end we did better in the end then what we started out in the beginning.
It was hard to win if you didn't know to maul everyone at the beginning for the largest amount of candy. That would be my first advice for someone to play, is collect a ton of money at the beginning and to know stock terms well. This experience summed up would be hot, hectic, and tiring. But it was all worth it for a few pieces of Hershey's chocolate at the end.
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