#trick-taking

#trick-taking

The past couple of years have seen an explosion of small-box trick-taking games that each bring their own twist to the category. Scout has multi-numbered cards. Ruins has players building better cards. The Crew is cooperative, but without verbal communication. Seers Catalog lets players break the normal rules. Lone Wolves and Katmai actually work at the 2-player count. Cat in the Box makes players predict their winning trick-count and the cards have no suit. I could go on.

The Bottle Imp combines a unique story theme with classic trick-taking mechanics, where players navigate the dangers of a wish-granting bottle while avoiding its deadly consequences.