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The trick-taking game Black Spy is a film noir take on Hearts as you want to enlist the best spies you can while avoiding the black spies, who will always turn against you.
Black Spy lasts a number of rounds, with players scoring points each round. The game is played using mostly standard trick-taking rules: Each turn, someone plays a card to the center of the table, then in turn each player lays down (if possible) a card matching the suit or rank of the card led, throwing out any other card otherwise. The highest card in the color led wins the trick, and that player leads the next trick. Points come only from the black cards, with the black spies (yes, "spies", with six black #7 cards) being worth ten points each and all other black cards worth 1-5 points. When someone reaches 200 or more points at the end of a round, the game ends and the player with the lowest score wins.
Ages | 14+ |
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Players | 2 Players, 3 Players, 4 Players, 5 Players, 6 Players |
Play Time | 45m – 45m |
Designer | Alan R. Moon |
Mechanics | Trick-taking |
Theme | Card Game, Spies/Secret Agents |
Publisher | ABACUSSPIELE, Ali Baba e.V., Hexagames (I), The Avalon Hill Game Co, Z-Man Games, Inc. |
calandale
complete rip off of the game hearts. Don't bother. I like hearts a lot. I don't like paying for a boxed game that gives me nothing.
Bobby4th
A hearts-style game that I bought when it came out and it sat on the shelf for years, until a girlfriend wanted to try it out one night. We enjoyed it and played it a few times, but then it went back on the shelf again for many years. It seems to play better with three and four players, with more it takes too long to get to 200 points.
Adam78
A decent, if very basic, trick-taking game where you really want to avoid taking any tricks at all. There's nothing innovative here, but trick-taking is always fun and this is no exception.