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2019 Ranked #5,464

Tricky Tides

A pick-up-and-deliver game has merchant captains collect cargo, chart routes, and deliver goods for gold. Trick-taking determines both turn order and movement direction, turning every hand into a navigation decision.

Nautical Contracts Pick-up and Deliver

Players

2-4

Play time

30-45 min

Age

12+

Complexity

1.75/5

Rating

6.92

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 4.0/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.6/5

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?

Hoist your sails and mind those tricky tides! Take command of a merchant ship and manage your hand of navigation cards and the goods in your ship’s cargo hold while charting the best course on the map.

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Hoist your sails and mind those tricky tides! Take command of a merchant ship and manage your hand of navigation cards and the goods in your ship’s cargo hold while charting the best course on the map. Travel from island to island collecting goods and delivering them to earn the most gold. Tricky Tides is a pick-up-and-deliver game that uniquely employs trick taking to determine turn order and the direction players can move their ships. —description from the publisher

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Play and group

Players
2–4
Best with
2–4
Play time
30–45 min
Age
12+
Complexity
1.8/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Steven Aramini

Artists

1
Naomi Ferrall

Publishers

2
Gold Seal Games Zafty Games (Zafty)

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