So on occasion, I will mention some games that I back on Kickstarter. The game I will talk about today is Tricked-Out Hero from Prolific Games. I have had the opportunity to play this game at GenCon for 3 years, and have thoroughly enjoyed it!
Tricked-Out Hero is a trick-taking game that combines aspects of Hearts and Spades with monster battles. Before the game starts, each player selects a character card that has some unique abilities and starting statistics.
Each game, 12 rounds of trick-taking are played, but the trump suit is determined by a card revealed prior to the start of the round. At this point, each player has a chance to use an ability they have that could alter the way the tricks are captured (change the trump suit, go no trump, smallest card wins). When the trick-taking is complete, players gain tokens based on the suit of the trick taken. These tokens affect the monster battle that occurs immediately following.
Each player fights a different monster that has a melee and/or magic stat. Each player rolls a d8 and must roll above the stat they choose in order to defeat the monster. If the player is not confident, they can spend some of the appropriate melee or magic tokens to add 1/token to the roll (must be spent prior to rolling the d8). If the player fails to defeat the monster, they lose health tokens as stated on the monster card. If the player gained any Spade tricks, the tokens gained increase the monster's stats by 1/token (mandatory). At the end of the game, the player with the most gold (each monster has a Gold value that is gained when defeated), wins.
As stated above, I have played this game 3 times over the course of 3 years. Each time I have played, I had a lot of fun (as did my wife). This game was a day 1 back for us, and we both highly recommend this game to anyone that enjoys trick-taking games.
To see more about the game, visit their BoardGameGeek page. If you would like to back the game or see more information, visit their Kickstarter page.
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