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2016 Ranked #10,830

Spy Tricks

This trick-taking deduction game has spies play cards while trying to identify the single face-down card. Winning tricks must be balanced against uncovering the hidden information that decides the mission.

Card Game Deduction Trick-taking

Players

3-4

Play time

Not listed

Age

?+

Complexity

1.33/5

Rating

6.50

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 2.3/5

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 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

Spy Tricks (orig. Trick of Spy) is a trick-taking game in which the players act as spies, trying to identify the only face-down card in the game.

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

Deduction

Combine clues and exclusions to identify hidden information.
Trick-taking

Play one card each and award the trick according to suit and rank rules.
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Category

1
Card Game

Mechanism

2
Deduction Trick-taking

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Game and edition data

All specifications (4)

Play and group

Players
3–4
Best with
3–4
Play time
30 min
Complexity
1.3/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Susumu Kawasaki

Artists

1
??? ?? (Tori Hasegawa)

Publishers

1
Kawasaki Factory