Overview
At a glance
Is this game right for my group?
ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Easier to teach
High replayability
Highly interactive
Scales well
Deep strategy
More strategic control
How it plays
How does it play?
Draft the suit you must follow, avoid taking tricks, and use carefully timed scoring cards to erase past mistakes.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
Read the full game description
Chasing Shadows is a trick-avoidance card game set in a world of exposed agents and shifting allegiances. Before playing to each trick, players draft from a dwindling display to determine which suit they are obliged to follow, letting every choice constrain the next player. Winning cards is usually bad because points accumulate across the round, but certain combinations can cancel earlier penalties and reward calculated risks. After three rounds, the agent with the lowest score has stayed deepest in the shadows and wins.
