Episode 427 – Room to Grow: Trick-Taking Games

Trick taking is an especially hard genre of games to teach. But it doesn’t have to be!

0:00:00 Fact for 427

The world record for a Rube Goldberg machine with the most steps is 427 steps. The record was set in China in 2021, and here’s the video of it in action:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpLDfkLBJ0Q

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0:05:30 What We’ve Been Playing

Dream Runners (our review)EnthroneLittle Alchemists (our review)Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring Trick-Taking GameEndangered Rescue: Galapagos Penguins *A Place for All My Books (our review)Dice Words *SuspendQuacks of QuedlinburgUnmatched: Stars and Stripes (with T-Rex!)

(*) first time mentioned on The Family Gamers Podcast

0:32:55 The Family Gamers Community

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#Backtalk

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0:40:30 Grow into Trick Taking Games

What is trick taking? A game mechanism used in many card games. A “trick” is formed by every player in turn playing one card from their hand to the center. Then the “trick” is won by one of the players and set aside. (Usually won by the highest value played in the led suit.)

Most trick taking games require players to “follow suit” and match the suit of the first played card, if they can. Many tri