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Ranked #17,295

Flashpoint

A partnership trick-taking game where players form four-suit tricks and score specified combinations to reach the target first. Required suit variety and the option to add cards to a trick create unusual timing and coordination decisions.

Card Game Trick-taking Team-Based Game

Players

?-?

Play time

Not listed

Age

?+

Complexity

?/5

Rating

6.62

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

At a glance

Is this game right for my group?

ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.4/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.1/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.8/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.4/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

This game is played with a 32-card pack ranking AKQJ10987. A trick always consists of four card in four different suit, hence players have to play a card in a different suit or pass, and then one player can add more cards in the same trick.

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

Trick-taking

Play one card each and award the trick according to suit and rank rules.
Team-Based Game

Players compete in fixed teams and coordinate toward a shared team result.
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This game is played with a 32-card pack ranking AKQJ10987. A trick always consists of four card in four different suit, hence players have to play a card in a different suit or pass, and then one player can add more cards in the same trick. Tricks score for certain combinations, the first partnership to reach 100 points wins.

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Category

1
Card Game

Mechanism

2
Team-Based Game Trick-taking

Family

1
Components: Traditional Playing Cards

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Game and edition data

All specifications (2)

Play and group

Players
4–2
Best with
2
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
David Parlett

Publishers

1
(Web published)

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