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2023 Ranked #16,797

Pies

A trick-taking set-collection card game has players draft fruit from winning tricks to make the most valuable pie mixes. Special actions can steal or protect ingredients, making every displayed collection vulnerable between tricks.

Card Game Open Drafting Trick-taking Food & Drink: Fruit

Players

3-5

Play time

Not listed

Age

11+

Complexity

?/5

Rating

6.63

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.3/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.1/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.7/5

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?

Pies is a quick and tasty trick-taking game in which players play fruit cards over the course of three rounds with the goal of collecting combinations of ingredients to prepare the tastiest pies Each round consists of six tricks (five in a five-player game).

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Pies is a quick and tasty trick-taking game in which players play fruit cards over the course of three rounds with the goal of collecting combinations of ingredients to prepare the tastiest pies Each round consists of six tricks (five in a five-player game). One card is played by each player, with the person playing the highest-value card drafting one card from the trick into their display, with others following in order of descending card value, with the last player also receiving a Plum card. Special actions can be triggered at this point, allowing players to steal fruit cards or call the dog to protect their fruit from other thieves! At the end of the game, the player with the most valuable pie mixes wins. —description from the publisher

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Play and group

Players
3–5
Best with
2
Play time
20 min
Age
11+
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Matthias Cramer

Artists

1
Wendy Hollender

Publishers

1
Allplay

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