Channel X

The last entry from the Pepys company in the line of the "Double Feature Games". Game consists of 52 playing cards, 6 little channel and 6 little advertising company cards. Furthermore there is 300.000 GBP in "Pepys Currency". Object of the game is to make money by selling advertising time on TV and by renting out TV programmes. Gameplay is rather complicated for a Pepys game. From the predealt hand of cards (5) players try to find three cards with the same index number. In order to achieve this they can draw from the open or from the unexposed stock pile. You have to have the appropriate time card before buying a programme, and to get this, you can open a bidding round if the exposed programme card is to your liking but you do not have the time card you want. By the way you try to advertise for other players ad companies. Round ends when a player has a complete hand, consisting of 3 programme cards and 2 ad cards. Certain rules apply for those, too. Now players receive funds from the authority or from other players, depending which companies products they advertised. Game ends after given rounds, i.e. at least 6 for 2, 3 or 6 players.