Designer |
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Publisher |
Rio Grande Games |
Players |
3-5 |
Playtime |
30 mins |
Suggested Age |
13 and up |
Additional Info |
30364/those-pesky-garden-gnomes
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Those Pesky Garden Gnomes is a non-partner trick-taking card game with a twist – in fact, possibly many twists!
The game uses four suits of different lengths, with cards containing positive and negative point values. While using standard trick-taking rules – with players needing to follow suit and the highest card in the suit taking the trick and giving the lead – each player in Those Pesky Garden Gnomes has a different goal in hand each round – and these change randomly with each new hand. Thus, a player knows only his goal and not those of the other players. A player's score for a hand is based on how close he comes to achieving his goal. The points a player scores are added to his running total, and players in a worse position in later rounds are given more options each round. After a set number of rounds, the player with the lowest score wins!