Trick-taking games are classified by several sub-genres. And, boy, does it vary! The winner of a trick usually leads to, or begins, the next trick. A trick is captured by the player who plays the highest card according to that particular game’s rules, which varies. Okay, so you’ve probably gathered that the concept in trick-taking games is taking tricks! Just what the heck’s a trick? A trick is a group of cards played in one round by all players – one per person. So, if you’re looking to re-kindle an old flame and introduce these oldies-but-goodies to your friends and family, here’s our guide to the mechanic that comprises the vast majority of traditional card games and how it has infiltrated the modern hobby. And you might as well be speaking Greek when trying to explain them, because terms like trump, ruff, kitty, stock, marriage, bower, revoke, slough, and “shoot the moon” and “going alone” all mean something very different to them, if anything at all! Today, it seems like those time-honored card games are getting rarer and rarer. They think “tricks” are pranks played in college. But sure enough, every so often I encounter someone who has never played any classic, traditional card games. I have such found memories of sitting around the card table at big family gatherings that it’s almost unfathomable to consider that others from my generation (and earlier) never experienced the same joys.
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