Tabletop game

Pit

Pit (1904) - Tabletop game
Tabletop game1 January 1904

Pit is a fast-paced card game for three to eight players, designed to simulate open outcry bidding for commodities. The game first went on sale in 1904 by the American games company Parker Brothers. The inspirations were the Chicago Board of Trade (known as the Pit) and the US Corn Exchange. The game itself was likely

based on the very successful game Gavitt's Stock Exchange, invented in 1903 by Harry E. Gavitt of Topeka, Kansas. While the name Pit remains trademarked in many countries by Hasbro, versions of the game have been marketed under names, including Billionaire, Business, Cambio, Deluxe Pit, Quick 7, Zaster. As early as

1904, the attributed clairvoyant Edgar Cayce claimed he had developed the game and sent it to Parker Brothers.

Game details

Card game

Players
3–8 players
First published
1904

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