Dealer's Dilemma is a trick-taking game for 3 players that is all about precision bidding. The dealer for the round faces a tough choice to pick, between 2 undealt cards, a trump suit and a lead card. Players discard 2 cards from their hands to bid the number of tricks they will take. There are 2 levels of bidding : easy bid if you want to do 2...
Deque is a trick-taking game for 3-5 players with a twist: You can only play the cards in the left- or right-most position in your hand, and you may not re-order the hand you were dealt. Players are dealt a hand of cards from a standard 52 card deck and must place a bid for how many tricks they expect to win. Then, throughout the hand, players are either...
Dino Trix: Tarot Adventures is a collection of three tarot games: Hold My Beer, Oopsie and Thread the Needle. All three trick-takers utilize a tarot deck and share similar card play and special powers. However, with scoring differences and different player counts, each game provides a distinct experience. Hold My Beer is a 3-player only game with bidding...
User summary: ドイス (Dois) is a trick-taking card game from Japan. Dois means two in Portuguese, and in the game there are two decks, one for numbers and one for 4 suits. The decks are shuffled together and players are dealt a hand of 13 cards from the mix. You need at least 3 suit cards and 3 number cards in your hand to begin. Then players play a...
"So, Commander, you hear about that whopper of a dragon over in Norwich area? They say he's a real monster." "Yeah, so what if he is?" "Bet 7 of my knights could take care of him. They're good lads." "Hah! 7 of your knights? I'd only need 3 of mine! Well... 4 if one of 'em is Sir Smarty-pants over there." "4 knights?! That's impossible! I'd like to see you...
Imagine you can control the forces of a noble family, guild, or religious order on a barren planet which is the only source for the most valuable substance in the known universe. Imagine you can rewrite the script for one of the most famous science fiction books of all time. Welcome to the acclaimed 40-year-old board game which allows you to recreate the...
In the second half of the second century during the Civil War of Wa, a number of small nations chose their leaders and began to fight for supremacy over Japan. Who would be the "Himiko", the queen of Japan, who would later rule the nations? In 詠天記, a.k.a. EETenki: The Queen Himiko Chronicles, each player is a priestess-king who can master sorcery and...
§egment Trix, also called Seven Segment Trix, is a trick-taking game where the card ranks are shown in a "seven segment" font, such as that used in digital clocks. The game includes wooden segments that the players can add to cards to adjust their value. The amount of unused segments a player has will determine their bid for the round. For instance, a...
In Ein Loch ist im Eimer ("There is a hole in the bucket"), players are filling a bucket with marbles (representing water drops). The bucket is hanging from a water tap, and it has a hole in the bottom, which is initially blocked by a ping-pong ball. However, the marbles will displace the ball, which will make it possible for the marbles to "leak" out of...
Legend has it about an entity who transforms the sweetest desserts into nasty and naughty creatures. El Empalagon is a game of rounds. Your objective is to obtain more earnings by selling the most demanded desserts. In your turn, play 2 cards face down: 1 will be sold at the end of the round and another one will be awaken as a dessert action. Play dessert...