Pozzo

From BoardGameGeek:

A card game for 2-10 players where players are competing to become "the sunk one" sacrificed to an ancient god. Players must decide whether to keep their card or trade with a neighbour, the lowest ranked card ultimately throwing one of their 3 coins into the well. Players are eliminated when they run out of coins, with the last remaining player winning (and, narratively, being sacrificed to the monster in the well). "In Italy, in a forgotten and nameless village, hidden by dense woods and whispered superstitions, there exists a cursed well. To appease its hunger, the inhabitants play an ancient game. Will you be the next of the Sunk? From the mountains, an echo crosses the valleys and shakes your very bones-it is the call of the Well. All crave to lose themselves in oblivion, but only one will be granted its grim embrace. In the darkness, Giuvà sings a chant-he only wants one…"