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Pies is a quick and tasty trick-taking game in which players play fruit cards over the course of three rounds with the goal of collecting combinations of ingredients to prepare the tastiest piesEach round consists of six tricks (five in a five-player game). One card is played by each player, with the person playing the highest-value card drafting one card from the trick into their display, with others following in order of descending card value, with the last player also receiving a Plum card. Special actions can be triggered at this point, allowing players to steal fruit cards or call the dog to protect their fruit from other thieves!At the end of the game, the player with the most valuable pie mixes wins. Trick taking to determine auction order is a very clever and rarely seen mechanism. Clever trick taking, card combination and collection to fulfil recipes and collect tie breaking pies or faithful guard dog gives you multiple options on each hand. Beautiful reimplementation of a cult classic Plums. Trick taking with a purpose. Contents: 93 Fruit Cards 9 Pie Tokens 5 Player Order Tokens 1 Dog Card

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Mori is the Latin word for death and the Japanese word for forest. Both of these interpretations are represented in this artwork of this card game.Mori is a quick-playing trick-taking game that asks players to carefully manipulate their hand of cards by playing tricks and using dice to find their way to the best possible score. Unique card/dice driven trick taking game. Gorgeous artwork from Beth Sobel. Clever hand and dice pool manipulation. Beautiful art work and production give this game eye catching table presence. Contents: 44 Season Cards, 11 X Cards 10 Dice 5 Player Aids 1 Dice Mat Scoreboard, Dry Erase Maker

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This item is a pre-order item with an expected release date of 07/30/2026 Orders containing a pre-order items WILL NOT SHIP until the final pre-order item is able to be shipped. Dates and product details are subject to change as new information from the manufacturer is updated. Take a seat at the most dangerous card table in Eldris. In the shadowed corners of the Gutter’s End, every shuffle of the deck could lead to riches or ruin. Crits & Tricks is a high-stakes trick-taking game where the quests you embark on each round will reward you with loot. Each quest you draft has a unique objective you’ll strive to complete by pairing your rolled dice with mercenaries from unique classes. Each class not only sets the win condition for the trick but also possesses a powerful CRIT ability that could shift the odds of the game in your favour. Rise to the Barkeep’s Challenge in every round, winning the right number of tricks to claim extra loot. Lighten the pockets of your new friends to win the game... but be wary, or you might walk away with more rivals than riches. Contents:- 4 Barkeep’s Challenge Cards- 48 Loot ( ½, 1, 3, 10, Items)- 48 Mercenary Cards in 6 Suits- 4 Player Screens- 24 Polyhedral Dice (4 Coloured Sets)- 64 Quest Cards- 1 Rulebook

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A novel trick-taking game for 2-6 players Darwinning! challenges serious gamers, but also charms children and plays especially well as a family game. In Darwinning!, species are evolved by building your tableau. See if you can evolve your species through the four eras the best. Darwinning! has been played with children from 8 year old and up. One needs to be able to recognize numbers up to 15 and remember a few symbols, or alternatively the 15 card effects. The game components do not have written text. Players can build their animal's tableau with unique traits, grow their population, move up on on the food chain or adapt to different environments by winning tricks. The game is played over three eras (rounds). After the third era, the most successful species wins.

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