Mermaid's Purse Board Game | BoardGames.com | Your source for everything to do with Board Games

Description

An epic game of Put & Take using colorful Mermaid jewels. Polished Stones, 1 Wagering Top, Pouch & 20 page Handbook with game rules and Mermaid legend.
—description from the publisher

The Mermaid's Purse is just a spot on the table that contains treasure.
Player 1 is the "spinner" and sets the ante, which can be any amount of jewels, gems, pearls or gold. They can also set any other rules they desire for the round.
Each player pays the ante to play. Spinner then spins the top and performs the action that comes up.
The top is then passed to the next player who becomes the Spinner.
Repeat for as many rounds as you want and winner is the one with the most treasure.

The top has the following sides/results:

T1 - Take 1 jewel/gem from the purse
T2 - Take 2 jewels/gems from the purse
P1 - Put 1 jewel/gem in the purse
P2 - Put 1 jewels/gems in the purse
AP - All players put 1 jewel/gem in the purse
TA - The spinner takes of the jewels/gems in the purse and the round is over.