A Sweet Little Game

Getting to Know this Quirky Card Game

Have you ever heard of a game called Good Little Tricks (GLT)? It’s a unique card game that you can play with your friends and family. Created by Brett J. Gilbert and Matthew Dunstan, this game is all about strategy and having a good time. You can play with 2 to 5 players, but it’s best with 3. If you want to give it a try, keep reading!

GLT is not your typical card game. It has some cool features that make it stand out from the rest. First, there’s the number of suits. In GLT, you’ll find more suits than in other card games. Then, there’s the trump, which changes throughout the round. It keeps things exciting and unpredictable. Lastly, the way you collect points is different too. You’ll need to be careful not to end up with too many points if you want to win.

Unwrapping the Cards and Dealing Them Out

So here’s the deal: the GLT deck is a deck of 27 cards. It’s got six suits, and each suit has a different number of cards. The orange suit has two cards, purple has three, green has four, pink has five, blue has six, and red has seven. And get this, each suit ranks 1 as the lowest card and goes up in order from there.

Once you’ve got your deck, it’s time to figure out who’s going to be the dealer. Here’s what you do: cut the deck and the person with the highest card gets to be the dealer. Pretty simple, right?

Now it’s time to play!

Let’s talk about the first round.

When it’s time to start the game, I get to go first because I’m sitting on the left side of the dealer. I kick off the trick by playing a card from my hand. I can’t play a trump card at the beginning unless that’s the only suit I have. For now, the orange suit is the trump. If the next players have a card of the same suit that I played, they have to follow suit. But if they don’t, they can play any card they want. When it’s time to determine the winner of the trick, the highest card of the led suit or the highest trump card takes the prize.

TIME TO SHOW OFF THOSE CARDS

Once a trick is done, the cards go to the Display Area where they’re organized by suit. I don’t get to keep the trick even if I win it. As the game goes on, make sure to spread out the cards in the Display Area so that everyone can see which ones are out of play.

Let’s keep the game going.

When someone wins a trick, they get to lead the next one. We keep playing like this until all the cards of one suit are in the Display Area.

Now, let’s talk about collecting card points.

After a trick is finished, if all the cards of one suit are in the Display Area, the winner of the trick gets to collect those cards. Sometimes, the winner can collect cards from multiple suits at the same time. Remember, at the end of the game, the more cards you collect, the more penalty points you’ll earn.

Lastly, let’s talk about changing trumps.

Hey there! Let’s dive into the exciting world of trump card games. You ready? Great!

We kick things off with the orange suit as the trump suit. If we manage to collect both cards from the orange suit, they go into the Display Area, and the suit that comes after, in terms of size, becomes the new trump suit. Are you following? For instance, if there are any cards left from the purple suit, that suit becomes the new trump. But if the purple suit is completely out of the picture, then the green suit steals the show. The new trump suit gets activated right away, starting from the very next round.

Now, let’s talk about finishing the round. Once we’ve played all the tricks, and all the cards are scooped up, that’s when we bring the round to a close. And guess what? It’s time to tally the score! We pass the dealing responsibility to the left for the next round. Oh, and just to keep things interesting, we play a total of six rounds for a complete game.

Now let’s get into how we earn points – the scoring!

Here’s how it works: for every card you capture during the round, you earn 1 penalty point. Simple, right?

Finally, let’s talk about sweeping the board.

If you’re able to collect all 27 cards, you’ve accomplished something significant called “sweeping the board.” However, achieving this means that you don’t earn any points, while the other two players will get 27 points each.

WINNING

After six rounds, the player with the fewest points emerges as the ultimate victor.

After six rounds, the player with the fewest points emerges as the ultimate victor.