The games we play, with a focus on board and role-playing games (but not excluding video games and other leisurely pursuits)
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7.28.2003
Finally, some gaming news!
The Usual Suspects spent a weekend on the lake a few days back. Dann busted out Wizard on us and then it was officially on.
Wizard is a trump/bidding game akin to Oh Hell but with a few twists. Added to a standard deck are 4 Wizard cards -- basically all powerful, even beating trump, and 4 Jester cards, which are non-winning cards. On each hand players look at their card(s) and guess as to how many tricks they can win. You must guess correctly -- if you bid 3 tricks and win 4, you will lose points. The game becomes tricky because with each hand, the players are given n + 1 cards. As per usual, most points at the end of the game wins.
Along with Real-Time Strategy games, I'm not very good at bidding games. But this was still a nice twist on old standards. The Wizards and Jesters make it possible to pull out tricks in the end or to put tricks on other people so as to mess their bids up. With four people playing, the later hands have you holding over a dozen cards, which can be complicated in making your bids.
Wizard rates 3.5 of 5 stars.
2:39 PM
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