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10 Great Trick Taking Games (Article by Chris Wray)

Posted on September 15, 2020 by

Trick taking is a favorite mechanic of ours here at The Opinionated Gamers.  Though we never finished our Tricks and Trumps series, we do cover a lot of the games on this site.   And over on BGG, I run the … Continue reading →

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10 Trick Taking Games I’d Love to See Reprinted (Commentary by Chris Wray)

Posted on March 4, 2018 by

I love trick taking games; it is probably my favorite game genre.  But finding old ones can be tricky (no pun intended): this is a genre of games that tends to be printed in small print runs, and several excellent … Continue reading →

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Tricks and Trumps #3: Trick Taking Meets German Game Designers (1990-1995)

Posted on March 19, 2016 by

This is our third entry in an eleven-part series featuring trick taking games.  This entry will focus on trick taking games from the early 1990s to 1995.  During this era, German game designers started to put their own creative twists … Continue reading →

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