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...
The fate of the solar system is at stake as several cosmic factions struggle for supremacy. As a commander of a star fleet, it is your duty to position your forces at the right time at the right planet and claim it for your faction. Beware, the strongest faction will claim the entire planet and there is no space for runners-up in the solar system. The...
COSMOS is a board game categorized as trick-taking, where players navigate a "Collision (same rank card conflicting)" system to avoid claiming tricks, accompanied by elegant and stunning planetary artwork. Each player takes turns playing one card from their hand. After everyone has played a card, the player who played the "Best Card (Highest Rank card...
Cinderella's Dance was first released under the name Count Up 21 at a January 2019 event called "これはトリテなのか?" ("Is This a Trick-Taking Game?"). This two-player game may or may not be a trick-taking game, and is, in a sense, intended to live on the edge. The game consists of a deck of cards (numbered 1-21) and two optional scoring cards. To set up a round...