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Contraband

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1950 · 3-6 players · 20min · weight 1.35 · 282 ratings

v2 v3 v4 wide v4 deep

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ID
3705
Name
Contraband
Year
1950
Rank
15973
Min players
3
Max players
6
Playing time
20
Min playtime
20
Max playtime
20
Avg weight
1.3529
Num weights
34
Bayes avg
5.53264
Average
5.92645
Users rated
282
Num owned
668
Wanting
7
Wishing
39
Num comments
125
Fetched at
Wed Apr 29 2026 05:34:57 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Categories (2)
BluffingCard Game
Description (1001 chars)

One player takes on the role of Customs Agent (this rotates, though) while the others are all travelers who truthfully or falsely declare items in their luggage (four cards drawn from a deck of items including wine, cigars, cameras, necklaces, etc.) If the Customs Agent believes them, they simply pay a duty fee and then the next player repeats the process. If the Customs Agent does not believe the player, they may "search" the player's luggage (cards are revealed) with two results. If the player declared accurately, the Customs Agent must pay the player 200 for defamation of character. If the player declared incorrectly, he must pay the Customs Agent fines for all items in his luggage. Other players can also act as Informants and search luggage and there is also an attache case in the deck that can give someone diplomatic immunity and allow them to pass through Customs without being searched or paying duty fees. Of course one can bluff about having this in their hand, as well...

LLM v2 (wide)

Not yet enriched at v2 (wide pass).

LLM v3 (deep)

Not yet enriched at v3 (deep pass).

LLM v4 wide (controlled-vocab primitives)

Not yet enriched at v4 (wide pass).

LLM v4 deep (archetype fit)

Not in the v4 deep-pass top-20% slice.