Many of us collectors spend quite a bit of time cleaning and storing our elongated coins which eventually find themselves in a booklet or binder behind a layer of plastic just to be kept on display. But have you ever wanted to play with your pressed pennies? If so I may have just found the perfect solution.

Every so often my family likes to partake in a family game night, just like those old Hasbro commercials I remember seeing on TV as a kid. I always want to play clue, but my kids prefer these wacky games like Don’t Wake Granny, or There’s a Yeti in My Spaghetti. Then sometimes when it’s just the older family members we attempt not to kill each other over a “friendly” game of Monopoly.

This Monopoly set is one we have had for quite awhile and over the years some of the pieces have gone missing and I’ve replaced them with some other generic things including a random penny which is usually my token of choice. This was about as close to a penny themed game as I could get, until recently when I came across a new game called Penny PRESSure by the Pennybandz company.

The game includes a nicely built wooden box, that easily stores all the pieces to the game. You will need to supply your own pennies and it’s recommended that each player has 8 to 12 pressed pennies, plus a few extra as your offering to the Penny Trader Bag. Each player adds one penny to the Trader Bag however chose carefully this is a penny that you are willing to lose at the end of the game.

The fewer the pennies each player has the the faster the game. I actually had some extra sets of 8 pressed penny from Walt Disney World so each set was themed making it a little easier for each player to remember their coins. That’s not required, but just a friendly tip we found useful during our game times.

Let’s go over the rules and how to play. Each player can roll the die with the highest number going first, and play proceeds in a clockwise direction.

Player rolls the die and must put a pressed penny in the same numbered slot on the game box board. If the player rolls a number that already has a pressed penny in it, they must take ALL the pennies in slots 2 through 5 on the box.

A player must take at least one roll, but can take as many rolls as they want until they get stuck as in the previous example, or they pass the die to the next player.

Slot number 6 lets your pressed penny drop inside the box, so you can roll as many 6’s as possible without penalty. Play continues until a player runs out of pressed pennies and is declared the winner. The winner opens the box and all pennies played and unplayed are redistributed back to their owner.

The Penny Trader Bag is then opened by the winner who keeps their penny PLUS they select one more penny as their reward for winning. You can opt to not use the Penny Trader Bag but it does allow for some additional fun and risk to the game.

Just a quick note, this was not given to me by Pennybandz, they are friends of ours but I saw this and paid for it myself so we could try to give an unbiased review of this game. I personally went into this with some skepticism, but after playing numerous games with my family we really had a great time and thoroughly enjoyed it. It’s well built, very sleek looking, and has a simple enough concept that your entire family will have no problem picking up the rules and playing. I found this on Amazon and have included an affiliate link <a href="http://<a target="_blank" href="https://www.amazon.com/PENNYPRESSure-Pressed-Collection-Playtime-Pennybandz/dp/B0BTC45KPQ/ref=sr_1_5?crid=181F06GF2MOH1&keywords=penny+pressure+game&qid=1686191529&sprefix=penny+pressure+game%252Caps%252C107&sr=8-5&_encoding=UTF8&tag=davidscointra-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=6542ad86e0a7e07719f997068e657251&camp=1789&creative=9325">Click HereClick Here in case you are interested in picking up one for yourself.

If your Family Game Night needs something new definitely give this a try I think you’ll really enjoy it. As always have a fantastic week and Keep on Playing!

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