I finally was able to track this down! Albeit the French version delivered from France….oddly enough that printing has a much better sized box. It’s just barely too big but way more reasonable than the english edition at least.
Nice to finally see someone cover this AND give it the score it deserves. This is a great, light Knizia filler that is one of the few games I've taught to non-gamers who then immediately want to play again. Which is fine, because it's so fast. My only real negative is that I think they should have included a blank card of each color that can be put out during a round so people can easily remember what the Trump suit is, like Voodoo Prince which this is a reimplementation of. Great review Chris!
Thank you for this review Chris. We own this game because of it! I’m so glad I snatched it up when I did. This is wildly out of print right now it seems????
i genuinely thought it looked kind of tame in the overview but Chris, you talked it up so well in the final thoughts that you changed my mind. i may have to look this one up. good review!
I hope that I did not build it up to be something amazing and world-shaking that it isn't, but it's a really smooth and clever game that I've had a lot of success with!
Marshmallow Test isn't bad, but it's got a few rules tweaks that make it a bit worse than Voodoo Prince in my mind. But thanks a ton for the video Chris, great stuff!!
Thanks! Yeah, I think it depends what you're looking for in the game. This one's re-theme and simplification makes it super approachable, while Voodoo Prince has more substance.
This is basically Voodoo Prince but made very simple (and much less interesting IMO). You can play either this game or Voodoo Prince with a Sticheln (Stick Em) deck.
Not sure honestly! The Crew is my favorite trick taking game and one of my all-time favorite games, but there's also so few cooperative ones that I'm not sure I have a preference in style. I think I prefer individual ones vs partner-based ones though.
Testing kids for ability to refrain immediate gratification for a superior delayed gratification was a pretty interesting test. It's worth reading about the real Stanford marshmallow test. Interesting stuff to research... but yeah, it probably doesn't really prove much, in the end.
That's really odd, I saw it available on Amazon a week ago or so when I recorded the review. Might be temporarily gone, but it appears available on Gamewright's webstore.