Cego, Zego or Ceco (from lat.caecus = blind) is a traditional German card game, for 3 or 4 players, played primarily in the Black Forest. Hardly a farm house which has no cego deck. The game is played mainly throughout the winter, when there is little work to do in the fields and few daylight hours. A Cego deck consists of 54 cards: 22 "Truck", that means...
Celtic Whist is an adaptation of Oneonta Whist for Stonehenge: An Anthology Board Game. Oneonta Whist was derived from Spades and Whist, with a design goal of providing a solitaire trick-taking game. As a result, Celtic Whist allows one to five players to play a trick-taking game against a timing element. As is typical for Richard Hutnik's designs, there...
In this unusual table of alliances, your real power lies not in your own cards but in what your neighbors do with them. Each player is part of two shifting alliances: one with their left neighbor, one with their right. But you don't control your partnerships directly .. instead, your card values fuse with your neighbors' suits to form alliance plays....
Centrifuge is a trick-taking game for 2 to 4 players, and was originally developed for the Decktet. Centrifuge makes unusual use of the dual-suitedness of the Decktet cards (Each card valued 2-9 has an "upper" and a "lower" suit depicted on it.), in that the led card's upper suit will be positive, and its lower suit will be negative. Subsequent cards may...
In this 4-player team trick-taking game, each pair of players guards a Preservation Suit while striving to obliterate their Destruction Suit. Every trick won grants the power to smash one of the fragile ceramics played to it, shattering the round’s balance. But beware—each round the deck grows smaller, the tension sharper, and the choices more delicate....
It’s the annual battle of the bands in Chaipour’s number one jazz cafe! Your band is tasked with covering the greatest hits better than the rest. You've just trimmed your claws and you're ready to tickle the ivories and the brasseries and the silveries. So grab the song menu, pick just the right song at just the right time, and blow away all those cool...
Chain is a set collector combined with shedding/climbing (and a bit of trick-taking thrown in). A 2-phase game with the tagline of "Build & Release" as you build the best hand of cards to score, then release them as fast as possible. All 54 cards have unique and mesmerizing hand-drawn art to stare at as you play through this tactical game. In the first...
This game is playable with a standard deck of cards. Chameleon Tricks is a trick-taking game for 3 players. By playing more than 1 card of the same rank on top of the other, players can instantly change suit to dodge or win tricks. Be careful not to win too much, as the top score of the hand gets cut in half! The lowest ranked card in the trick, regardless...
Change of Heart is a collection of trick-taking games from designer Chris Wray and artist Megan Russell. Each game is a twist on the classic game Hearts. Each features an all-new mechanic. Change of Heart: This is a new spin on the classic game of Hearts. In Hearts, the Queen of Spades was worth a whopping -13 points. Why put so much emphasis on one card?...
Chanoyu is a casual trick-taking and tableau-building game. To win, be the first player to score at least 15 points, but you will lose if no other player has scored at least 8 points. Win cards in tricks to build your tableau to score points. Face cards cannot take tricks, but when taken, face cards may be added to either end of the trick winner’s tableau...
In the trick-taking game Chaos in Gotham City, each player becomes a villain and attempts to cause mayhem while avoiding encounters with Batman. You play as many rounds as the number of players. Each round, deal players 6-10 cards depending on the player count. The deck consists of 40 cards in four suits numbered 1-10, with some cards depicting either...
An "educational" card game by Bubbles Inc. Published in 1972. A rummy game featuring Charlie Chaplin imagery. The game play is that of a basic rummy game. Seven card hands are dealt, runs of three with matching suit are required by the rules. The winner is the first to finish their hand. The suits are related to Charlie Chaplin's general image; Canes...