Last game you bought?

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Thanks to this;

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Marshmallow Test , first play. This is a trick taking game from Reiner Knizia. The game is named after a psychology experiment from the 70’s, where a marshmallow is placed in front of a child. They can either eat it now, or if they wait they get two marshmallows. It seems a strange idea to base a game on, but it’s actually pretty good. It’s mostly a standard trick taking game, but with one gimmick. You’re trying to go “out” by winning four tricks (for a 3p game). But when you go out, your points are the number of tricks won by the other players. So, if you win the first four tricks, congratulations – you get nothing. If you are the last player to go out, again, you get nothing.

So, having a great hand of cards may not be to your advantage. Being last to go out does have one perk – you get to name the trump suit for the next round. One thing is done a bit differently to most trick taking games. You generally have to follow suit if you can, but, if an earlier player has played a trump (because they couldn’t follow suit), then you are also allowed to play a trump, even if you could have followed suit.

I now own this

Box could easily be half the size though.

Apparently it was handed to the resident, which was great as I was sat in a cinema 30 minutes away.