Retrieved from http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/67991987 The Advocate, Burnie, Tasmania, Australia, 31 Dec. 1932. CONTRACT WHIST.No Hands Down. WEAKNESS SOLVED. Why a four-handed game of cards such as the various forms of bridge should be played by three persons is one of those mysteries that have never been explained. Probably this is because...
A partnership trick taking game that consists of two phases: In the first phase players bid for "Control Cards" that will give them a special action in the second phase. Bidding is done with face up cards that the high bidder then distributes to the other players when he takes the Control Card. Phase two is a trick taking game in which players may play the...
A chicken dropping, wild game to cluck about! The chickens have escaped their coops and its your duty to help return them to their homes but you’re not the only one the farmer asked for assistance. Its a race against time to collect and coop the most chickens, with help from your trusty dog and some other tricky tactics. In this fun and lighthearted game...
Trick-taking game based on characters from the comic series Fried Pickle Noir by J.R. Mounts. Players assemble teams to take on jobs in the crime-ridden city of The Pits. The goal is control the teams and win the jobs by selecting the right Good Guys, Mobsters, or Shady Characters to send in. Shady Characters can count as both Good Guys or Mobsters, and...
In Ancient Mesopotamia, no other copper merchant was more feared than the great Ea-Nasir. This is what we believe, at least, as demonstrated by complaints eternalized on clay tablets made circa 1750 BCE, some of the oldest customer complaints ever found. Ea-Nasir's skill at selling really bad copper and kicking out any messengers sent to him weren't, to...
Use 36 cards ranking AKQJT9876 in each suit, plus 3 Jokers distinguished as Red, Black, and White. Deal 13 cards each in ones. The objective is to win tricks and enable your right-hand neighbour to win more than the player on your left. The player with the greatest number of tricks that matches these conditions, wins. Dealer's left-hand neighbour leads to...
Coralon is the base trick-taking game for Crab Fragment Labs' Vines deck. The Vines deck has eleven cards in five suits, including Ace (high) and four face cards: Knight, Bishop, Farmer, and Tar. Below these are the ranks 7 through 2. Games with the Vines deck include several trick-taking games for 3 to 6 players, including cutthroat and team games, based...
In Corundum, this game is called 'Conundrum Terrapin'. This may be because, as in Terrapin, something happens when every suit is present in a group of cards. But it may instead be because of court politics, which render people in Corundum unable to use the proper name for anything. People outside Corundum call the game 'Corundum Conundrum' - except the...
Play an easy-to-learn cosmic card battle. Command a mix of four clans -Dog, Raptor, Eagle, or Frog- in a trick-taking game with exciting twists from cards like Divines, Assassins, and Thieves. Each round, players play one card, aiming to win by playing the highest-ranking card, matching the trump card on the table, or using other strategies. Winning a...
Cosmic Eidex is an intriguing little trick-taking game for 3 players. The deck consists of 36 cards, 6 thru Ace, in four suits: Hearts (red), Lizard (green), Raven (black) and Stars (yellow). The Cosmic characters are the heart of the game, providing each player with a special Cosmic power. Each player draws one randomly at game start. In Cosmic Eidex, the...
Join the Exploration League of Humanity (ELH) for a thrilling exploration of the galaxy. Discover new planets, moons, and space stations as the most technologically advanced exploration carrier of the ELH, the Arcturus, travels from star system to star system. Each planet the Arcturus travels to plays out as a round where only one card may be played per...