Feb 14 2024 28 mins 10
Welcome to the first Nerdstorian segment, where Jaina will take you through the history of trick-taking!
But before you listen, let’s do a pop quiz: what century do you think trick-taking games got their start in? And a bonus question: where do you think they first originated? Listen in to find out if you were correct, and don’t forget to hand in those pop quizzes for extra credit!
Sources:
Trick-taking Mechanism: https://boardgamegeek.com/wiki/page/Trick_taking Etymology of “trick”: https://www.reddit.com/r/boardgames/comments/12s5llc/does_anyone_know_why_theyre_called_tricks/
Etymology of “trick”/trick in different languages: https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3000888/why-trick-called-trick
The Academy of Armory: https://www.rct.uk/collection/1052689/the-academy-of-armory-or-a-storehouse-of-armory-and-blason-randle-holme The Fair Maid of the Exchange: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fair_Maid_of_the_Exchange
More trick-taking etymology: https://www.etymonline.com/word/trick#etymonline_v_17813
Card Game Infographic: https://www.3cardpoker.com/a-family-tree-of-card-games/
Karnoffel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karnöffel
“Trump”: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trick-taking_game
Maw: https://www.parlettgames.uk/histocs/maw.html
Ruff & Honours: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruff_and_honours
Piquet: https://www.parlettgames.uk/histocs/piqrules.html
Historic Card Games website: https://www.parlettgames.uk/histocs/
SCOUT: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/291453/scout
Wizard: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/1465/wizard
Tichu: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/215/tichu
Skull King: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/150145/skull-king
The Fox in the Forest: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/221965/fox-forest
Claim: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/233961/claim
The Crew: The Quest for Planet Nine: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/284083/crew-quest-planet-nine The Crew: Mission Deep Sea: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/324856/crew-mission-deep-sea For Northwood!: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/334590/northwood-solo-trick-taking-game
Cat in the Box: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/324345/cat-box Shamans: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/313262/shamans
Inside Job: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/324914/inside-job Nokosu Dice: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/294693/nokosu-dice Brian Boru: High King of Ireland: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/337765/brian-boru-high-king-ireland
Arcs: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/359871/arcs
But before you listen, let’s do a pop quiz: what century do you think trick-taking games got their start in? And a bonus question: where do you think they first originated? Listen in to find out if you were correct, and don’t forget to hand in those pop quizzes for extra credit!
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Sources:
Trick-taking Mechanism: https://boardgamegeek.com/wiki/page/Trick_taking Etymology of “trick”: https://www.reddit.com/r/boardgames/comments/12s5llc/does_anyone_know_why_theyre_called_tricks/
Etymology of “trick”/trick in different languages: https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3000888/why-trick-called-trick
The Academy of Armory: https://www.rct.uk/collection/1052689/the-academy-of-armory-or-a-storehouse-of-armory-and-blason-randle-holme The Fair Maid of the Exchange: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fair_Maid_of_the_Exchange
More trick-taking etymology: https://www.etymonline.com/word/trick#etymonline_v_17813
Card Game Infographic: https://www.3cardpoker.com/a-family-tree-of-card-games/
Karnoffel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karnöffel
“Trump”: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trick-taking_game
Maw: https://www.parlettgames.uk/histocs/maw.html
Ruff & Honours: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruff_and_honours
Piquet: https://www.parlettgames.uk/histocs/piqrules.html
Historic Card Games website: https://www.parlettgames.uk/histocs/
SCOUT: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/291453/scout
Wizard: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/1465/wizard
Tichu: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/215/tichu
Skull King: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/150145/skull-king
The Fox in the Forest: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/221965/fox-forest
Claim: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/233961/claim
The Crew: The Quest for Planet Nine: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/284083/crew-quest-planet-nine The Crew: Mission Deep Sea: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/324856/crew-mission-deep-sea For Northwood!: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/334590/northwood-solo-trick-taking-game
Cat in the Box: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/324345/cat-box Shamans: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/313262/shamans
Inside Job: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/324914/inside-job Nokosu Dice: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/294693/nokosu-dice Brian Boru: High King of Ireland: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/337765/brian-boru-high-king-ireland
Arcs: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/359871/arcs
