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Year
2021
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Description
Schadenfreude is a trick-taking game for 3-5 players. The game ends when any player has scored more than 40 points, and the winner is the closest to 40 without going over.
The card distribution includes some ranks of negative value, is a "must follow" game, and does not include any trump suits.
The winner of a trick is the person who played the second highest card of the lead suit. That player collects their card and any cards which did not follow suit into a score pile. However, a player can have at most one card of each rank in their score pile. If they would collect a second, both cards are instead discarded. At the end of a hand, a player scores an amount of points equal to the sum of the ranks of the cards they have collected.
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Video mIkOrc00hyo
Board Stupid Top List at 14:24 sentiment: positive
video_pk 100025 · mention_pk 278119
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- New twist on trick-taking mechanics
- Ability to mess with opponents' scores
- Good production quality with a 'very good coat of paint'
- Engaging and fun for 3-5 players
Cons
- Difficult to pronounce name
Thematic elements
- deriving humor from others' misfortune (Schadenfreude)
Comparison games
- Lord of the Rings (trick-taking games)
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Negative Point Cards — The game includes cards that, when won, give negative points, allowing players to intentionally burden opponents.
- Second Highest Wins Trick — Instead of the highest card, the second highest card of the led suit wins the trick.
- Trick-Taking (Must Follow Suit) — A must-follow suit trick-taking game with no trump.
- Unique Scoring / Set Collection Limitation — Players can only score points for one card of each rank in their winning stock. If they have duplicates of a rank, all cards of that rank are discarded and do not score.
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Quotes (from this video)
- It's time for yet another episode of the Hype Factor.
- Yeah. But instead, [laughter] you you're going to be playing a board game, which this man also will be.
- This is uh Kubernet which is a reimplementation as this is the year of the reimplementation of a game called Cuba from 2007.
- Uh so I'm I'm really curious to understand what is he going to do with this one because his potentials are high.
- Yeah. A little bit of shot and fo.
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Video PMxI7yQ6XdA
Getting Games Discussion at 1:37 sentiment: positive
video_pk 63326 · mention_pk 156677
Click to watch at 1:37 · YouTube ↗
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positive
Pros
- Unique trick-taking mechanic with the second-highest card winning
- Intriguing tableau-based scoring that evolves over the hand
- Interesting multi-player dynamics with potential for dramatic swings
Cons
none
Thematic elements
Comparison games
- 99
- Tichu
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- bust_rule — If any player accumulates 41 or more points, they bust and lose; the remaining player with the most points wins.
- card_removal_and_selection — There are strategic decisions about which cards to play and which to leave out, affecting the eventual score.
- end_of_hand_scoring — Points from the tableau are not tallied until the end of the hand.
- Limited Points — If any player accumulates 41 or more points, they bust and lose; the remaining player with the most points wins.
- no_trumps — The game is explicitly described as lacking trump cards.
- points_tableau — Some cards are placed in front of players to form a scoring tableau; each card values points (e.g., seven = seven points, one = one point, minus three = lose points). Identical cards cancel previous points.
- Trick-Taking — Players play one card down in turn order; the winner is determined by the second strongest card played; cards played are discarded as the hand progresses.
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Quotes (from this video)
- This is my channel I can set the rules and I can break them
- card games are really easy to iterate and make prototypes
- I've started co-designing a card game with somebody who has published games
- it's going to be a very full month
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