Wizard & Skull King — Are They Gems? 💎

So busy, so busy. I'll have to put off my next "how to play, etc" video, and instead take the opportunity to chat about my two favourite trick-taking games. Oh Hell — which I actually have never played! — is an exact-bid trick-taker using a standard French-suited deck of cards. These two games add special cards to this excellent formula: — Wizard adds special cards that (basically) guarantee to win or lose a trick — Skull King adds more special cards, including ones that score points for catching other cards in the trick, and tweaks other things like making bids simultaneous for maximum casualness and chaos! Both are classic, both are great. (Hmm, seems I gave away the ending there.) 00:00 Intro ▶️ 01:33 Trick-Taking (and Oh Hell in particular) 🃏 04:23 Wizard 🧙‍♂️ 13:45 Skull King 🏴‍☠️ Board Gems highlights older board and card games that are still great games today, and deserve to not be forgotten! Join & Support:    / @boardgems   Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/boardgems.com BGG Blog: https://boardgamegeek.com/blog/10011 Brought to you by Pizzeria Ludica! https://www.ludica.ca/ BGG Listings: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/1... https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/1... #boardgames #tabletop #vancouver #ludica