Gold Rush Prospecting

You know this one already. Two children, one slice of cake: whoever cuts it, the other picks first. Suddenly the cutter is very careful. That is Gold Rush Prospecting. You privately draw seven cards and divide them into two piles. Your opponent takes whichever they want, and you keep the other one. Cut it evenly and they have no good choice. Cut it greedily and they will simply take the better half and leave you the scraps. THE TWIST Before you hand the piles over, you turn one card face down. Your opponent has to choose without knowing what it is — and if they pass on that pile, they never find out. Every game has a few cards only one player ever sees. WHAT YOU'RE COLLECTING Gold nuggets, quartz, ore and shovels, gravel and pans, and the occasional pack mule that can stand in for whatever you're missing. None of it is worth anything on its own. Your six scoring cards decide what counts…