Game Info
Year
2022
Players
2-6
Age
8+
Playtime
52 min
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Description
Asymmetrical team trick-taking game where dragons play tricks and allied mice manipulate the game
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Top List at 9:24 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Amazing art, very sharp, very cool, very eye-catching.
- Very clever take on trick-taking.
- Looks stunning.
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- Mouse helping a dragon
- Asymmetrical roles within teams
Comparison games
- Spades
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Asymmetrical roles — One player acts as a support (mouse) and the other as the primary player (dragon).
- team play — Played in two-player teams.
- Trick-taking — Teams work together to win tricks.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- tricktaking is like in the soil. It's in our in our DNA. It's in our our very soul.
- So, you're trying to play cards in the right order, but you don't know what everybody has.
- It is so stressful, but in like the most fun way possible.
- It's half the reason why we're married.
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Ryan and Bethany Board Game Reviews Review at 0:06 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- strong artwork by Beth Sobel
- clever mix of trick-taking with personal goals
- supports multiple player counts with meaningful variations
- open tableau mechanic for the mouse adds depth and asymmetry
- table talk introduces social interaction without breaking balance
- balanced, thinky gameplay that remains accessible with proper teaching
Cons
- not casual-friendly; higher complexity may deter some players
- requires some presence of table talk constraints to avoid chaos
- teaching concept of trick-taking to new players can be challenging
Thematic elements
- Team-based trick-taking competition where dragons and mice cooperate and compete to achieve goals
- Fantasy realm featuring dragons and mice on a shared quest for gold
- Hybrid cooperative-competitive tableau-driven play with evolving rounds
Comparison games
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- deck crafting and cleanup — At cleanup, discarded cards are reshuffled on top, birthing a stacked deck and influencing future rounds.
- Goal cards and scoring — Each team has a set of round goals that determine scoring based on reaching specific card conditions and tricks won.
- hand management — Players manage two linked hands (dragon and mouse) and special abilities on mouse cards to shape outcomes.
- Limited Table Talk — Players are allowed to communicate under constrained rules, depending on the chosen 'talk' scenario, adding strategic tension.
- open tableau — Mouse player has an exposed tableau from which they manipulate and select cards to influence future tricks.
- tableau building — Mouse player has an exposed tableau from which they manipulate and select cards to influence future tricks.
- Trick-taking — Players play cards in rounds; must follow suit if possible; highest card in suit wins the trick; gem cards act as trump when played.
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Quotes (from this video)
- I really like trick taking games.
- This is probably my new favorite trick taking game.
- This game has a lot of thought; it's a thinky trick-taking game.
- I think this would be a great one to play with gamers, especially because it's a little bit more complex than a simple card game.
- Open tableau kind of as the mouse player while you're manipulating that and adding things.
- The rounds are all how to play the game is right there.
- This is a great game with some wide appeal to it.
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