Uploaded July 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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We've been getting more and more into trick taking games, even though neither of us grew up playing them! There's so many to choose from now, and since we have 40 or so in our collection we thought we'd talk through our ranking of them and what makes them so great. We quickly realised the fact that Amy loves more interactive games (as usual) and Maggie was more focused on cracking the puzzles!

Links and spoilers in the timestamps below!

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Timestamps
00:00 Intro
00:38 ~~3 Disclaimers~~ The Inclusion Criteria
02:30 Honorable Mention 1
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/309058/dog-tag-trick
04:32 Honorable Mention 2
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/378889/kings-tricktakers
07:22 Honorable Mention 3
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/264984/peters-two-sheep-dogs
10:01 Amy's number 10
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/284083/crew-quest-planet-nine
14:24 Maggie's number 10
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/309862/gudetama-tricky-egg-card-game
17:19 Maggie's number 9
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/304949/knights-poison
20:28 Amy's number 8
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/361895/trick-and-trade
24:14 Maggie's number 8
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/301614/dokitto-ice
27:03 Amy's number 7
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/223952/boast-or-nothing
30:24 Amy & Maggie's number 6
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/150145/skull-king
34:02 Amy's number 5 & Maggie's number 7
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/369084/tatsu
39:16 Amy's number 4
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/302270/marshmallow-test
42:25 Amy & Maggie's number 3
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/251433/yokai-septet
45:31 Amy's number 2 & Maggie's number 5
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/324711/schadenfreude
49:39 Maggie's number 2
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/221965/fox-forest
52:26 Amy's number 1 & Maggie's number 4
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/294693/nokosu-dice
57:50 Maggie's number 1 & Amy's number 9
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/345972/cat-box-deluxe-edition
01:01:07 Wrap up

Thanks for stopping by for our Top 10 Trick Taking list (as of 2023!) We're Amy & Maggie aka ThinkerThemer. We're an Australian couple with two very different perspectives of what makes a great board game - Amy (Thinker) is all about the mechanics and enjoys tight, competitive games, and Maggie (Themer) is all about the storytelling and the theme of the game, and the 'world' that the designer is trying to create. Subscribe to our channel to hear us talk about these two elements of a game, and how well integrated we feel these are in delivering a cohesive and wonderful game experience.
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