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Episode 42: Andrea Jin v. Contest Voters

As you can probably tell from my review of The Crew, I love trick-taking games. I grew up with them. I learned to shuffle cards when I was about six and started to play Skat with my family when I was about eight. In secondary school, I learned Doppelkopf. I didn't play them for many years after I left school and it was only when I played Vivaldi at Gaming Rules' evening during last year's Essen Spiel Messe that I rediscovered the genre. So I wanted to talk more about my fascination with these games.Read the full article here: <a href="https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2020/12/08/its-tricky-topic-discussion/">https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2020/12/08/its-tricky-topic-discussion/</a>Links<ul><li>The Crew review: <a href="/2020/12/05/the-crew-the-quest-for-planet-nine-saturday-review/" data-type="URL" data-id="/2020/12/05/the-crew-the-quest-for-planet-nine-saturday-review/">https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2020/12/05/the-crew-the-quest-for-planet-nine-saturday-review/</a></li><li>Skat: <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/6819/skat">https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/6819/skat</a></li><li>Doppelkopf: <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/9364/doppelkopf">https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/9364/doppelkopf</a></li><li>Vivaldi review: <a href="/2019/11/23/vivaldi-saturday-review/" data-type="URL" data-id="/2019/11/23/vivaldi-saturday-review/">https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2019/11/23/vivaldi-saturday-review/</a></li><li>Gaming Rules: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/GamingRulesVideos/">https://www.youtube.com/c/GamingRulesVideos/</a></li><li>Spiel Messe: <a href="https://www.spiel-messe.com/en/">https://www.spiel-messe.com/en/</a></li><li>Bridge: <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2181/bridge">https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2181/bridge</a></li><li>Scopa: <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/15889/scopa">https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/15889/scopa</a></li><li>Briscola: <a href="https://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/11733/briscola">https://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/11733/briscola</a></li><li>Briscola Chiamata: <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/99696/briscola-chiamata">https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/99696/briscola-chiamata</a></li></ul>Intro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/">https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/</a>)If you want to support this podcast financially, please check out the links below:<ul><li>Patreon: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblog">https://www.patreon.com/tabletopgamesblog</a></li><li>Ko-Fi: <a href="https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlog">https://ko-fi.com/TabletopGamesBlog</a></li><li>PayPal: <a href="https://paypal.me/pools/c/8hovaYouKD">https://paypal.me/pools/c/8hovaYouKD</a></li></ul>Website: <a href="https://tabletopgamesblog.com/">https://tabletopgamesblog.com/</a>