tabletop Glossary
Welcome adventurers, to the tabletop – where deck building has nothing to do with the patio, and worker placement isn’t part of a recruitment agency. If the terminology used to describe the games we know and love can feel like trying to learn a new language, let our glossary demystify, and have you speaking tabletop in no time at all
Written by Emma Garrett
Trick Taking
Definition: A mechanism in card games where players lay cards into the middle of the table one by one. The highest card wins that play.
Traditionally trick taking is seen as a slightly serious mechanism. I have this image of four Bridge players silently around the table battling to prove their wit and intelligence. It makes your brain whirr in ways other mechanisms can’t, and in its modern applications it can be great fun too! Even though I’m not as proficient as my Player Two, who gets irritated to the core when I miss an obvious play, trick taking is one of my favourite mechanisms in the gaming world.