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In American Psycho: A Killer Game, a trick-taking game of yuppie one-upmanship set in the world of high-stakes investment banking at Pierce & Pierce, you compare your accomplishments as you seek to obtain the most valuable assets, secure reservations at the trendiest restaurants, maintain your personal appearance, and have a better business card than your hated colleagues — all while trying to keep your psychotic rage in check and that rising body count under control. After all, sometimes getting ahead in this world can be absolute murder!
In game terms, you lead "meetings" where all players contribute a card, usually of the matching suit. The highest played card wins, but each meeting will have a "killer suit" that beats the leading suit. A scene card drawn for each meeting further complicates things, forcing players to always remain on their toes. In this merciless world of high finance, some players will be forced to draw murder cards, and eventually those bodies will start to pile up. Bodies are worth negative points — unless you happen to have collected the most, in which case they might actually help you secure your victory.
—description from the publisher
- Unique theme for a trick-taking game
- Tricks have a killer suit and scene cards that change gameplay
- American Psycho, killer game, one-upmanship, valuable assets, trendy restaurants, personal appearance, business cards, psychotic rage
- World of high-stakes investment banking
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Trick-Taking — It turns out to be a trick-taking game of one-upmanship. In the game, players lead tricks where all players contribute a card, usually of the matching suit. The highest played card wins, but each meeting will have a killer suit that beats the leading suit. A scene card is drawn for each meeting, changing up how things shake out.
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Quotes (from this video)
- MCU that's catchy someone should write that down
- Seriously if you know what those plans are tell me please reach out
- I need to know chas is not been right he needs to know
- I'm still thinking about that cube shaker
- Look I love trick taking games so I'm openly optimistic about giving this one a try
- emphasis on the executed
- lone wolf is how i kind of see myself if you wanted some insight into my psyche
- Look I'm always gonna be interested in a game by Hargrave and that paired with an interesting theme and beautiful art is just a must try for me