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David & Goliath box art
1997 Ranked #3,127

David & Goliath

Trick-taking game where players follow suit but the highest card wins regardless of color. The winning card is passed to the lowest player, so every trick must weigh immediate control against the unusual distribution it creates.

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Players

3-6

Play time

Not listed

Age

8+

Complexity

1.62/5

Rating

6.49

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.4/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 3.9/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.7/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.1/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.7/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

This game adds a very interesting twist to the standard trick-taking genre. There are five suits and players must follow suit, if they can.

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This game adds a very interesting twist to the standard trick-taking genre. There are five suits and players must follow suit, if they can. However, the winner of the trick is the highest card played, regardless of suit. The winner gets all the cards from the trick, minus the card he won it with. That card is given to the player that played the lowest card. After all tricks have been played, the scoring begins. Players score the face-value of the cards in the suits that they only collected one or two of, and one point per card for suits with more than two. The player with the most points after a number of hands wins the game.

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Play and group

Players
3–6
Best with
3–6
Play time
60 min
Age
8+
Complexity
1.6/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Reinhard Staupe

Artists

2
Alexander Bradley Oliver Freudenreich

Publishers

4
Berliner Spielkarten Pegasus Spiele Playroom Entertainment Wargames Club Publishing

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