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As you can probably tell from my review of The Crew, I love trick-taking games. I grew up with them. I learned to shuffle cards when I was about six and started to play Skat with my family when I was about eight. In secondary school, I learned Doppelkopf. I didn't play them for many years after I left school and it was only when I played Vivaldi at Gaming Rules' evening during last year's Essen Spiel Messe that I rediscovered the genre. So I wanted to talk more about my fascination with these games.

Read the full article here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2020/12/08/its-tricky-topic-discussion/

Links

• The Crew review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2020/12/05/the-crew-the-quest-for-planet-nine-saturday-review/
• Skat: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/6819/skat
• Doppelkopf: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/9364/doppelkopf
• Vivaldi review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2019/11/23/vivaldi-saturday-review/
• Gaming Rules: https://www.youtube.com/c/GamingRulesVideos/
• Spiel Messe: https://www.spiel-messe.com/en/
• Bridge: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2181/bridge
• Scopa: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/15889/scopa
• Briscola: https://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/11733/briscola
• Briscola Chiamata: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/99696/briscola-chiamata

Intro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/)