Tricky Twist
BGG rank
BGG #12,764
BGG rating
6.8

Tricky Twist

2025

Rules assistance for Tricky Twist

Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.

  • 3–4 players
  • 20–30 min
  • 10+
  • Complexity 1.5/5

For 3 players

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Tricky Twist is a board game released in 2025 for 3–4 players, 20–30 minutes per game, and ages 10 and up. It was designed by Taylor Reiner and its main mechanics are Set Collection, Stacking and Balancing, and Trick-taking.

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About the game

In Tricky Twist, losing tricks can often be more important than winning them. If you manage to retrieve the card you played, it comes back to you face up as a “false trick.” To multiply your victory points (★), you must not only balance the number of tricks and false tricks you have but also optimize the cards you’ve transformed into false tricks. For example, you might try to align all your false tricks into a perfect sequence of values. Simply devilish… —description from the publisher

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  • Gémklub
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Questions and answers

Tricky Twist supports 3–4 players according to the catalogue. This range comes from the publisher’s listed player count, so the game can be set up for any group size within it. Some setups, rules and scoring details may still vary by player count, so check your edition’s rulebook for the exact configuration.