1984 · Fantasy

Wizard

Players use a 60-card deck that adds four high “Wizards” and four low “Jesters” to a standard 52-card pack and play through a series of increasing-hand-size rounds. Each round a hand is dealt, a trump suit is set by revealing a card (or none if a Jester appears, or chosen by the dealer if a Wizard appears), and players secretly bid how many tricks they expect to win. Tricks follow standard follow-suit rules with special interactions: Wizards always beat other cards (first Wizard played wins), Jesters are lowest and can set or follow suit in specific situations, and trump and led-suit ranking determine trick winners otherwise. After all tricks, players score for exactly matching their bid (bonus plus per-trick points) or lose points proportionally for missing it.

groupPlayers

3–6 best 4

schedulePlaying time

45 min

cakeAge

10+

psychologyComplexity

1.7 / 5