Trick and Trade cover
2022BGG rank #9,674

Trick and Trade

by 中村 泰之 (Yasuyuki Nakamura) · メリーアンドリューワークス(merry-andrew-works)

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Players3–5
Time20–40m
ComplexityMedium-Light
Age10+

About the game

What is Trick and Trade?

Trick and Trade is a "may-follow" trick-taking game themed around cryptocurrency speculation. There are four suits for the 4 competing currencies, and a separate deck of cards which will represent the players' holdings in those currencies. At the end of a trick, the highest ranked card of the lead suit goes to a market area, with the market value of cards being inversely related to their rank. Also at the end of a trick, the players draft, in card strength order, one of the holdings cards from a face up display. At the end of a hand, the players will rank the currency's values based upon the cards from each suit which won tricks, with the most valued being worth 3 points per holding, then 2, then 1, then -1. The players value their holdings, record their scores, and the player with the most points wins.

How it plays

Mechanics

Commodity SpeculationInvestmentOpen DraftingStock HoldingTrick-taking

On the shelf

Categories

Card Game

Questions players ask

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