Introduction:
Did you ever play the old computer game “Lemonade Stand” on the Apple IIe computer? Well we did and we loved it! It was a simple, fun, educational game that really influenced a lot of people growing up in the early 80s. We have been trying for a couple of years to recreate the simplicity yet realistic feel of this classic game. We wanted to recreate this experience in a card game, yet keep the supply and demand calculations and complex math to a minimum. Designer Trevor Cram was able to create what we hope you will agree is a simple, unique game that allows young and old alike to participate in their own business of setting prices, stocking inventory and making advertising decisions. Each of these decisions will affect the profits or losses each player realizes, coupled with external forces like the weather and other players special action cards.
In the end the player with the most money after seven turns will win and become the envy of the other would-be entrepreneurs. This game plays 2-4 players in about 20 minutes and no two games are alike. Will you suffer bad luck from poor weather or will you play too aggressively or conservatively? Find out as you venture back to your wonder years gone by and compete with the other kids on the block to build the best Lemonade Stand.
Art
Watch the artist doing his magic making this game come to life:
Components
The game consists of 88 cards and the rule book in a handsome box. The cards are:
- - 20 of each of three types of currency cards, 5 cents, 10 cents and 25 cents, for 60 cards.
- -12 unique “dollar” cards which are worth one dollar but may be played once in each game as a special action card.
- -4 sets each of Lemonade Stand Character Cards at three price points, 5, 10 or 15 cents.
- -12 Weather report cards which forecast the weather for each day. Each subsequent forecast card will also determine the weather for the previous day through a unique weather mechanic.
How to Play
Read the rulebook HERE or just watch Tom Vasel (The Dice Tower) explain it in 4 minutes in this video:
Reviews
Tom Vasel did a rare "Kickstarter Preview" of the original printing of this game back on 2012 and had some great things to say about it!
And after the game was published Tom did another "final review" of the game on The Dice Tower: