User summary:
Poor Potter is the English name given to the Japanese game 貧乏陶芸家 (Binbou-Tougeika) by the game designer Taiki Shinzawa.
The players are a group of young potters, who, due to poverty, can't afford the clay to produce pottery works. Under the circumstances, you show the plan of your upcoming work to solicit clay from other potters, and the player who has supplied the highest amount of clay can receive the work. The produced work may be worthless now, but its value is sure to rise in 10 years time.
Players bid on pottery work cards by the weight of the clay they supply, and the player who earns the highest score by adding the points for the clay and cards wins. An electronic scale is provided as a component of the game and used to weigh the clay, as the precise weights matter to the result.
Designer's summary:
"あなたたちは若き陶芸家です。ですが貧乏なので陶芸を作る粘土もありません。なのでこんな陶芸を作りますという企画を出して材料の粘土を仲間に出してもらいます。そうして出来た陶芸は粘土を出してくれた仲間にあげます。いまは価値の無い陶芸ですが、10年後には立派な値になっていることでしょう。
粘土をお金に重量で、オークショナーが出した陶芸カードを競って、集めていきます。ゲーム終了時にもらった粘土とカードの得点を合計して最も高い人がゲームに勝利します。重量の判定には電子ばかりを使用します。"