2017 Ranked #2,896

Voodoo Prince

Name: Voodoo Prince
Brand: OPEN'N PLAY
Rating: 7.03 (920 reviews)

Trick-taking game where players try to take the necessary tricks as late as possible. Waiting too long can leave you with nothing, so every card must manage the timing of success rather than simply winning as many tricks as you can.

Family Games Card Game Predictive Bid Trick-taking Series: Royal horror card games (Schmidt Spiele)

Players

2-5

Play time

Not listed

Age

Complexity

1.56/5

Rating

7.03

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

At a glance

Is this game right for my group?

ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.4/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 3.9/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.7/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.4/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

Linked game discovered from BGG. Full scrape pending.

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

Trick-taking

Play one card each and award the trick according to suit and rank rules.

Predictive Bid

Bid on how well you expect to perform, then try to meet that prediction.

Read the full game description

Voodoo Prince is not about making as many or as few tricks as possible or about making a precise number of tricks, but rather about taking the necessary tricks as late as possible. If you wait too long, however, then you might end up with no points in the end.

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