9 Lives details
- Designer: Taiki Shinzawa (新澤 大樹)
- Artists: N/A
- Publishers: BoardGameTables.com, Jelly Jelly Games
- Release Date: 2015
- Player count : 3 - 4
- Age range : 10+
- Time range : 20 - 30 minutes
- Mechanism(s): Trick-taking
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9 Lives is a trick-taking game where players compete to earn the most points. The game uses 3-4 suits which show the color of the cards on the rear.
Players make bids of if they will win 1-6 tricks, and can bid exactly or a range. Each number may only be bid up to two times. Points are earned when a player hits their bid and lost if they miss it.
The game is "must follow" with a fixed trump suit. The winner of a trick also takes one of the cards played to the trick other than theirs to place in their hand.
The game ends after either 4 rounds or a player has earned 9 points, and the player with the most points wins.
9 Lives is about as bare-bones as trick-taking gets, Andrew finds in his review.
