Mind Your Money
Rules
A rich new way to play memory—where Benjamins are worth a lot more!​
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Quick Facts:​​
2 -6 Players
5 minutes per round
Easy Difficulty
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Objective: Collect the most cash by pairing up as many bills as you can.
This is like the memory or concentration game we learned as kids with the big difference that the winner is determined by how much cash they collect, not how many pairs.
There are 2 ways to set up and play this game, many people like our Compact version as it is quicker to set up and takes up less table space.
1. How to Play
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​Deal 12 cards face down and have the remainder of the deck as a replenishment pile.
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Decide who goes first and then play moves clockwise.
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On your turn, flip over two cards and make sure all the other players can see them.
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If they match, keep them and put them in your bank.
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Then, replenish the board from the draw pile and you get to go again.
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If they don’t match, flip them both back over and the next player goes.
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Continue until all the pairs are taken and there are no cards left on the board​​
2. Compact Version
3. Classic Version
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​Lay out all the cards face down in one big grid.
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On your turn, flip over two cards and make sure all the other players can see them. If they match, keep them and put them in your bank and you get to go again.
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If they match, keep them and put them in your bank. ​
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If they don’t match, flip them both back over and the next player goes.
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Continue until all the pairs are taken and there are no cards left on the board​​
4. Scoring
Count the money in your bank. This is the amount of cash you earned that round. Keep a tally of scores and play to a pre-agreed amount of money. $3,000 to become champion is common but pick any money goal that you wish.
5. Variations
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Want quicker rounds? Start with a smaller deck. For example, you can cut the deck in half by removing 4 or 6 cards of each denomination. Or perhaps you remove all the $1s before playing. Do it any way you like, just make sure to do it in even pairs.
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Want a bigger challenge in the Classic version? Remove 1 or 4 denominations of each card so there remains 9 or 6 of each card (which are multiples of 3s). Instead of getting pairs of each bill, on each player’s turn, flip over 3 cards, and you can only bank them if all 3 are the same.