Trick-Taking With A Twist
Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games. Join our active and welcoming Discord community, Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon), or Leave us a review wherever you find this podcast! Episode 229 - Trick-Taking With A Twist Pete and Paul dive deep into the twists behind the modern trick-taking renaissance. How have designers been keeping this centuries old style of card game fresh for players? How far can you twist the decision space of playing into a trick? Listen to us gush about these games! We also offer a bit of advice for folks interested in designing their own trick-taker! Game Timestamps 7:15- Wizard13:20- Tricky Time Crisis16:40- Aurum20:40- Lobby Snacks23:05- Savage Bowl / Pinatas26:00- Best of Neapolitan 30:20- Bug Council of Backyardia32:40- Mori35:10- Skull Queen37:45- Short Zoot Suit39:45- 9 Lives41:15- Fives42:30- 12 Chip Trick44:15- Fox in the Forest48:30- Cat in the Box50:45- Crits and Tricks52:15- Charms53:40- Lunar54:15- Trick to the Future55:00- Tricky Kids55:30- Xylotar56:00- Luz57:00- Nokosu Dice58:00- Mythical Dice59:13- Milkuro1:00:00- Kansas City Preplanners A few deep dives are in the works, so get in some plays of Castles of Mad King Ludwig, Dominion, and more Root! Also our series on components continues soon with an exploration of dice! Music and Sound Credits Thank you to Hembree for our intro and outro music from their song Reach Out. You can listen to the full song on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQuuRPfOyMw&list=TLGGFNH7VEDPgwgyNTA4MjAyMQ&t=3s You can find more information about Hembree at https://www.hembreemusic.com/. Thank you to Flash Floods for use of their song Palm of Your Hand as a sting from their album Halfway to Anywhere: https://open.spotify.com/album/2fE6LrqzNDKPYWyS5evh3K?si=CCjdAGmeSnOOEui6aV3_nA Intermission Music:music elevator ext part 1/3 by Jay_You -- https://freesound.org/s/467243/ -- License: Attribution 4.0 Bell with Crows by MKzing -- https://freesound.org/s/474266/ -- License: Creative Commons 0 hammer v2.wav by blukotek -- https://freesound.org/s/337815/ -- License: Creative Commons 0 Contact Follow and reach us on social media on Bluesky @decisionspace.bsky.social. If you prefer email, then hit us up at decisionspa@gmail.com. This information is all available along with episodes at our new website decisionspacepodcast.com. Byeee!