Table feel
Tricktakers has a high level of direct confrontation and strategic depth in confrontation. Players must frequently pay attention to and react to others' strategies and turns. However, there is less emphasis on cooperation in the game.
Tricktakers
Players
2-5
Time
30-40
Age
10+
Weight
3.13
Rating
7.47
Fit
Teach
2.4
Teaching signal
Replay
4.1
High replayability
Interaction
3.7
Highly interactive
Scaling
4.4
Scales well
Strategy
4.7
Deep strategy
Control
3.5
More strategic control
Replay value
Tricktakers offers a high level of variability with its gameboard, multiple paths to victory, and variable setups. The presence of expansions adds to the replay value, providing new content and gameplay elements. The game offers deep strategic possibilities and room for improvement over time. The player interaction score is moderate, and the game scales well with different numbers of players. While it may take some time to learn, the depth it offers makes it worth the effort. Overall, Tricktakers has a strong replayability score of 8.12.
Luck profile
Tricktakers has a moderate level of luck involved in the game. Random elements like card draws have a notable but not exclusive impact on the game outcome. However, players have substantial ability to mitigate the effects of randomness through strategic decisions and planning. The game outcome is primarily determined by player strategy and decisions, with luck playing a minor role.
Overview
TRICKTAKERs is a...trick-taking game featuring role selection. After being dealt a hand of cards, the players choose from various characters (such as King or Gambler) that change how they will participate in the game. The basic game consists of three rounds of trick-taking, and the winner will be the person that wins the most tricks in two of the three rounds. Alternatively, if no one achieves that condition, if a player has taken no tricks in all three rounds, they will be the winner. Not mentioned above, the game also has a higher priority victory condition and a lower one. Each character in the game grants the player holding it a special "immediate victory" condition that could be achieved. The characters also give the players ways to earn points, and this is the lowest tier of victory determination: who has the most points. To illustrate some of the character abilities, the Gambler can discard cards from the initial hand to draw replacements, and will bid for how many tricks they take, possibly granting them extra points if successful. The Resistance has the potential to cause a "revolution" which reverses the strength of the ranks, and earns more points if they can win tricks with what would normally be the "high" cards.
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Credits
Designers
1
Hiroken
Artists
2
Nina (????)
Ito Taichi
Publishers
2
Joyple Games
Portland Game Collective
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