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Tag Archives: Trick Taking
Trick-Taking Week 2025: Most Beautiful
This is the continuation of Trick-Taking Week 2025, where I’ll be posting trick-taking related content all week. We here at The Opinionated Gamers love trick-taking games, and as I wrote two years ago, many of the writers in this group … Continue reading
Trick-Taking Week 2025: Top 10 Hidden Gems
This is the continuation of Trick-Taking Week 2025, where I’ll be posting trick-taking related content all week. We here at The Opinionated Gamers love trick-taking games, and as I wrote two years ago, many of the writers in this group … Continue reading
Posted in Best Of, Commentary
Tagged Trick Taking, Trick Taking Games, Trick Taking Week
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Ortrick
Designer: Masato UesugiPublisher: I Was GamePlayers: 2 or 4Times Played: 21 times I’m writing this as a “review” of Ortrick, but there are a few things you should know before we get started. It is scheduled today because I helped … Continue reading
Posted in Kickstarter, Reviews, Tokyo Game Market
Tagged doujin, Japan, Tokyo Game Market, Trick Taking
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Trick Taking Week: An Interview with David Parlett
I started trick taking week by talking about the recent rise of trick-taking games. But the growth of trick taking games has been centuries in the making, and the spark that led to the era of designer games came decades … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Interviews
Tagged David Parlett, Trick Taking, Trick-taking Games, Trick-taking Week
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Tricks and Trumps #1: The Classics Before 1965
This is a relaunch of our long-lost trick-taking series, Tricks & Trumps. You can find the series introduction posted just before this article; I’d recommend reading it first, since it lists the methodology we used to select the games discussed … Continue reading
Posted in Best Of, Commentary, Reviews
Tagged Trick Taking, Trick-taking, Tricks & Trumps
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Trick-Taking Week 2025: Most Innovative
This is the continuation of Trick-Taking Week 2025, where I’ll be posting trick-taking related content all week. We here at The Opinionated Gamers love trick-taking games, and as I wrote two years ago, many of the writers in this group … Continue reading →
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