Episode 73.2 - Trick-Taking Games, Part 2

An episode of the The Ascent of Board Games podcast, hosted by The Ascent of Board Games, titled "Episode 73.2 - Trick-Taking Games, Part 2" was published on August 1, 2025 and runs 43 minutes.

August 1, 2025 ·43m · The Ascent of Board Games

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Summary

We're back to finish our discussion of trick-taking games, covering the end of the creative surge around 2000 and then the new resurgence of clever designs that we've seen since 2019. Like last month's episode, this one is a bit on the shorter side, but we promise to make up for it next month! We discuss: A game so complicated that Frank can't keep track of what cards have been played - and he (and Sandi) designed it! Why does Mike think that this game is "peak trick-taking"? The answer may surprise you...but it probably won't. How many Easter eggs can you find in this card panorama? Delicious, delicious Cat in the Box gummies (please do not eat) Once again, we apologize for the number of times that this topic requires us to say the word "trump." What have we missed? What should we discuss next? How are we wrong? Come visit our Discord server to chat with us and other like-minded game nerds! As always, thank you for listening. Please consider writing us an iTunes review if you like what you hear! We'd also love to have you visit our website and let us know what kinds of games we should discuss next. You're also more than welcome to comment on the episode page, or our Discord, or our Facebook page, or tag @ascentofboardgames on Bluesky. Whatever way you prefer to share your opinions with us, we'd love to hear them. As always, we appreciate your listening - stay safe out there, and happy gaming! Website: https://www.ascentofboardgames.com Email: [email protected] Discord: https://discord.gg/tdH3QAn Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ascentboardgames/ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/ascentofboardgames.bsky.social Discord: http://discord.ascentofboardgames.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ascentofboardgames/ And, very occasionally, Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/ascentofboardgames Intro and outro music is "Evening Melodrama" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), licensed under a Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License. The Ascent of Board Games is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Some rights reserved. Thank you for listening!

Episode Description

We discuss:

A game so complicated that Frank can't keep track of what cards have been played - and he (and Sandi) designed it!
Why does Mike think that this game is "peak trick-taking"? The answer may surprise you...but it probably won't.
How many Easter eggs can you find in this card panorama?
Delicious, delicious Cat in the Box gummies (please do not eat)

Once again, we apologize for the number of times that this topic requires us to say the word "trump."

What have we missed? What should we discuss next? How are we wrong? Come visit our Discord server to chat with us and other like-minded game nerds!

As always, thank you for listening. Please consider writing us an iTunes review if you like what you hear! We'd also love to have you visit our website and let us know what kinds of games we should discuss next. You're also more than welcome to comment on the episode page, or our Discord, or our Facebook page, or tag @ascentofboardgames on Bluesky. Whatever way you prefer to share your opinions with us, we'd love to hear them. As always, we appreciate your listening - stay safe out there, and happy gaming!