Bad Apples is an auction game played over ten rounds, and the player with the most points at the end wins.

How it plays

Every player begins with a set of apples and a supply of bidding tokens. The number on each apple is its point value. Each round, everyone secretly drops one of their apples into a burlap sack, and the contents are then auctioned off together.

Going clockwise, players either raise the bid with their tokens or pass. A player who passes receives a few bidding tokens as a consolation. Then one apple is pulled from the sack and shown to everyone, giving the remaining bidders a clearer idea of what the rest might be worth. The last player left in the auction wins it and collects all the apples.