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1987 Ranked #15,808

Scan

A partnership trick-taking game has teams capture positive cards while avoiding negative ones for the best score. Color-coded card backs reveal suits to everyone, changing how players judge risk before each play.

Card Game Trick-taking Team-Based Game

Players

2-4

Play time

Not listed

Age

10+

Complexity

2/5

Rating

6.17

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 3.9/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.7/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.6/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

The card deck in Indiscretion, a.k.a. Scan, is the standard four-suited, 52-card deck – but the back of each card is color-coded to reveal the suit of the card to all players.

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The card deck in Indiscretion, a.k.a. Scan, is the standard four-suited, 52-card deck – but the back of each card is color-coded to reveal the suit of the card to all players. Any classic card game can be played with this deck, and the published edition of Scan includes several variations for team or individual play with 2-6 players, with the primary game being a trick-taking partnership game for four players in which each team attempts to capture cards that have positive value (spades are +10 points, hearts +5) while avoiding cards with negative value (clubs are -10 points, diamonds -5). The Hit-Serie editions from Piatnik got an additional rule booklet with 10 games invented by nowadays famous designers.

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All specifications (5)

Play and group

Players
2–4
Best with
2
Play time
10 min
Age
10+
Complexity
2.0/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

4
Marco Fantini Wolfram Janich David Parlett Alex Randolph

Publishers

2
Parker Brothers Piatnik

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