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2024 Ranked #3,066

Stamp Swap

A perfect collection is hiding in plain sight. Draft the gems, divide the trade, and make the offer your rival cannot read.

I Cut, You Choose Open Drafting Tile Placement

Players

1-5

Play time

20-60 min

Age

14+

Complexity

2.2/5

Rating

7.00

Easier to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

At a glance

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 4.0/5

Easier to teach

Replay value 4.5/5

High replayability

Interaction 4.5/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.3/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 3.8/5

Deep strategy

Player control 4.3/5

More strategic control

Setup time About 5 min
Teach time About 10 min
Table footprint Medium
Recommended edition Stamp Swap – Stonemaier Games English Edition (2024)
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How it plays

How does it play?

Build a prized stamp collection by drafting face-down treasures, dividing trades, and choosing the better half at exactly the right moment.

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

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Stamp Swap turns a collectors’ convention into a clever game of drafting, dividing, and choosing. Players first gather a face-up and face-down pool of stamps, then arrange that pool into two groups for a neighbor. The neighbor chooses one group and leaves the other behind, making every division a revealing exercise in value: a rare stamp may be irresistible, but grouping it with the wrong companions can give away the collection you actually need. Stamps then fill a personal album where sets, themes, size, and placement score against shared and private objectives. Hidden information keeps valuations uncertain, while the I-cut-you-choose trade makes every opponent part of the puzzle. Turns are straightforward and the solo mode preserves the collecting challenge, but strong play rewards reading demand, disguising priorities, and building two offers that are painful to separate.

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Editions

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Edition Year Language Publisher / Region
Stamp Swap – Stonemaier Games English Edition (2024) 2024 English Stonemaier Games / US

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All specifications (17)

Play and group

Players
1–5
Play time
20–60 min
Age
14+
Complexity
2.2/5
App
None app

Practicalities

Setup time
About 5 min
Teach time
About 10 min
Teardown time
About 5 min
Table footprint
Medium

Campaign and continuity

Group continuity
Flexible
Resettable
Fully Resettable

Edition and product

Recommended edition
Stamp Swap – Stonemaier Games English Edition (2024)
Language
English
Region
US
Availability
Current
Edition type
Standard
Current edition
Yes
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Paul Salomon

Artists

1
Conner Gillette

Publishers

1
Stonemaier Games

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