Trick-Taking With A Twist

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Episode 229 - Trick-Taking With A Twist

Pete and Paul dive deep into the twists behind the modern trick-taking renaissance. How have designers been keeping this centuries old style of card game fresh for players? How far can you twist the decision space of playing into a trick? Listen to us gush about these games! We also offer a bit of advice for folks interested in designing their own trick-taker!

Game Timestamps

7:15- Wizard
13:20- Tricky Time Crisis
16:40- Aurum
20:40- Lobby Snacks
23:05- Savage Bowl / Pinatas
26:00- Best of Neapolitan
30:20- Bug Council of Backyardia
32:40- Mori
35:10- Skull Queen
37:45- Short Zoot Suit
39:45- 9 Lives
41:15- Fives
42:30- 12 Chip Trick
44:15- Fox in the Forest
48:30- Cat in the Box
50:45- Crits and Tricks
52:15- Charms
53:40- Lunar
54:15- Trick to the Future
55:00- Tricky Kids
55:30- Xylotar
56:00- Luz
57:00- Nokosu Dice
58:00- Mythical Dice
59:13- Milkuro
1:00:00- Kansas City

Preplanners

A few deep dives are in the works, so get in some plays of Castles of Mad King Ludwig, Dominion, and more Root! Also our series on components continues soon with an exploration of dice!

Music and Sound Credits

Thank you to Hembree for our intro and outro music from their song Reach Out. You can listen to the full song on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQuuRPfOyMw&list=TLGGFNH7VEDPgwgyNTA4MjAyMQ&t=3s

You can find more information about Hembree at https://www.hembreemusic.com/.

Thank you to Flash Floods for use of their song Palm of Your Hand as a sting from their album Halfway to Anywhere: https://open.spotify.com/album/2fE6LrqzNDKPYWyS5evh3K?si=CCjdAGmeSnOOEui6aV3_nA

Intermission Music:
music elevator ext part 1/3 by Jay_You -- https://freesound.org/s/467243/ -- License: Attribution 4.0

Bell with Crows by MKzing -- https://freesound.org/s/474266/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

hammer v2.wav by blukotek -- https://freesound.org/s/337815/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

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