AIR FARE INTRODUCTION
2-6 player Bidding Card Game.
Players control airlines.
OBJECT
Have the most money at the end of the game.
Add to your bank account the base cost of all of your
planes and landing rights minus any loans.
THE DECK
There are 110 cards in the deck.
There are 3 types of cards: Planes, Landing Rights, and Events.
Landing Rights cards are also called Terminals.
OTHER MATERIALS
Calculators and pen & paper are needed.
Alternatively, use play money to represent profits.
A 10 sided die is also needed (1D10).
SETUP
Each player starts with:
$50 (50 Million dollars).
One Boeing 737 or one McDonnell Douglas DC-9.
Landing rights to two Minor Airports.
Remove the Plane and Landing Rights cards from the deck.
TURN SEQUENCE
Maintenance Phase
Draw Phase
Flying Phase
Revenue Phase
Bid Phase
End Phase
MAINTENANCE PHASE
Each players rolls 1D10 for each of his planes.
Very old planes are grounded on a roll of 1-3.
Old planes are grounded on a roll of 1-2.
New planes are grounded on a roll of 1.
DRAW PHASE
All players draw one card.
The cards are placed face up on the center of the table.
This is known as the Bidding Pool.
If there are no cards left in the deck, the game is over.
FLYING PHASE
Remove all of your planes from their current terminals.
Move (Fly) all non-grounded planes to a different terminal in a different city.
Planes with a "US" range cannot fly to Europe.
Flights connecting to Europe must originate or end in New York,
Atlanta, Miami, Boston, or Washington DC.
Place plane cards face up onto your terminal cards.
Your planes can only fly to terminals you control.
Certain Events may prevent flights into or out of specific cities.
The Concorde can only be used to fly between New York and Europe.
REVENUE PHASE
When a plane lands, you get an amount of money that depends on the number of
landing rights, at that city, you control.
Each Minor airport terminal gives a revenue of $10, no matter how many you control.
At major Hubs, each landing will generate progressively more revenue, according
to the table built into the Landing Rights card list.
For example: The first plane you land at Miami International gives $20. The second plane
you land earns $40. If you control all 4 landing rights, the fourth plane you
land produces $90.
Certain types of planes will increase or decrease the revenue generated by their flight.
Money can be saved from turn to turn in your "Bank account".
Pay interest on loans. If you cannot pay, you go bankrupt and lose the game.
BID PHASE
Event Cards are discarded.
Players may bid on some, none, or all of the plane cards and landing
rights cards in the Bidding Pool.
Bids are written down in secret and are revealed simultaneously.
You cannot bid more money than you have in your account.
Planes and Landing rights have Base costs as given in the card lists.
A Bid cannot be for less than the Base Cost.
The player that bid the most for a card gets control of it.
That player keeps the card and subtracts the bid amount from his Bank account.
If you lose a Bid you do not lose the money you bid.
If a bid is a tie, all players lose the bid, and the card remains in the pool for next turn.
Discard any cards no one bid on.
END PHASE
Place the cards you won in bidding face up in front of you. They can start being used
to generate income next turn.
You may have more planes than landing rights and vise-a-versa.
RAISE MONEY FAST
You may at any time sell your planes and landing rights to neutral third parties.
Discard the card and gain money equal to the cards base cost.
You can take a maximum bank loan of up to $100 at an interest payment
of 20% per turn.
Players can also sell cards to each other, or make loans to each other.
LANDING RIGHTS (TERMINALS) CARD LIST
City: # Base 1 2 3 4
Minor Airports 8 20 10 10 10 10
Atlanta 4 30 10 20 40 50
Washington DC 4 40 10 30 50 70
Boston 4 40 10 30 50 70
Miami 4 50 20 40 60 90
Dallas 4 50 20 40 60 90
Los Angeles 4 60 20 50 80 100
Chicago 4 60 20 50 80 100
New York 4 80 30 60 90 120
Europe 4 100 40 80 120 150
# = Number of that card in the deck.
Base = Base cost (Minimum Bid)
PLANE CARD LIST
Type: # Base Rev Range Age Size
Boeing 737 4 25 -10% US Very Old Small
McDonnell Douglas DC-9 4 25 -10% US Very Old Small
McDonnell Douglas MD-80 6 75 --- US New Medium
British Aerospace 146 2 75 --- US New Medium
Lockheed L-1011 TriStar 2 100 +10% Any Old Large
McDonnell Douglas DC-10 4 100 +10% Any Old Large
Boeing 757 4 125 +10% Any New Large
Boeing 767 6 125 +20% US New Large
Boeing 747 Jumbo Jet 8 150 +30% Any Old Huge
Aerospatiale/BAC Concorde 2 150 +20% Any New Small
Rev = Increase/decrease in revenue generated by flight.
EVENT CARD LIST
Event: # Effect
Pilot Strike 1 You get no income this turn
New York snowed in 1 No flights to/from NY this turn
Chicago Bag Handlers Strike 1 No flights to/from Chicago this turn
Riots in Los Angeles 1 No flights to/from Los Angeles this turn
Plane Crash 1 Lose one of your planes and $100 in litigation & settlements
Air Traffic Controllers Strike 1 No flights to/from Atlanta this turn
Hurricane 1 No flights to/from Miami this turn
Oil Shortage 1 Everyone makes 50% revenue this turn
Holiday Season 1 Everyone makes 150% revenue this turn
Maintenance 5 Everyone pays $10 for each of their planes this turn
Terminal Tax 2 Everyone pays $10 for each of their landing rights this turn
Independence Day 1 Flights to Boston +50% revenue this turn
Snowbirds 1 Flights to Miami +50% revenue this turn
Terrorism 1 No flights to/from Europe this turn
Strong Dollar 1 Flights to Europe +50% revenue this turn
Effective Advertising Campaign 4 You get +50% income this turn
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