Overview
At a glance
Is this game right for my group?
ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Harder to teach
High replayability
Highly interactive
Scales well
Deep strategy
How it plays
How does it play?
Defending the realm takes bravery, strength, and to be totally tricked out. Collect as many magic, melee, and health tricks as you can while avoiding the monster tricks.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
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Defending the realm takes bravery, strength, and to be totally tricked out. Collect as many magic, melee, and health tricks as you can while avoiding the monster tricks. In Tricked-Out Hero, players select a character class, then play hands of cards to improve their health, magic, or melee strength based on what tricks are taken before facing monsters in battle. But beware, if you take tricks with spades, they add to the strength of the monster that you face off against at the end of the round. Players play through three levels with several monsters, and the player with the most victory points from defeated monsters and collected wins.