Maskmen ~ Taylor's Trick-Taking Table

[@Riffle_Shuffle]

The best rule explanation I've ever seen, thanks!

[@ClaudeAndTaylor]

Oh thanks so much!!

[@Minorima]

that has to be one of the best tutorials that I've seen

[@ClaudeAndTaylor]

Awww thanks so much afrotaco!!!

[@noahgrossman8977]

Dude, thank you so much. I was reading the manual and I had no idea what was going on. You explained everything so well and your examples helped soooo much. Thank you!!!

[@ClaudeAndTaylor]

Of course!! Glad to help out 😁🙌 Thanks for the kinds words, Noah! Also, if you want a quick reference picture: i.imgur.com/EA78cqa.jpg

[@ArmandoDiCianno]

This game has finally seen play at my game table thanks to this video! The printed rules suffer a little bit in translation to English, and this video laid it out so straightforward. Trick taking games are super fun, and easy to play once everyone knows the rules, but figuring out all the subtle value rules was confusing at first. Thanks!!!

[@ModularLanding]

Thanks for the video. Saw this recently at a convention and liked it. Just got my copy yesterday. I agree the components are great and the Oink boxes are so small, which is great!

[@ClaudeAndTaylor]

Of course, thanks so much! I love that small box, even if it's a bit of a puzzle to repack haha!

[@uplift-yourdailypickup6424]

Thanks for this video. After reading the rules I was looking for a video to help me figure this one out.

[@ClaudeAndTaylor]

Oh perfect! So glad i could help!!

[@ericnowitzky449]

Another excellent review! I ordered and received it, and thought it was great. My friends had more trouble grasping the concept, and appreciating it as much as I did. A few more times to the table ought to cure 'em! hahaha

[@ClaudeAndTaylor]

Thanks a million, Eric!! Yeah this one is easily one of the wackier/harder teaches. It's one of the bigger videos on my channel because of that, I think? But I've also had people bounce off it at first, then love it with subsequent plays. So here's hoping with your friends!! Cheers and thanks again for such great comments!! 😁🙌

[@basketball9013]

This was on my Christmas list for the past two years because of your video and I got it this year!

[@ClaudeAndTaylor]

Oh how amazing to hear, Michael!!! Hope you have a blast with it!! 😁🙌

[@steelman774]

Great explanation. I’m glad you walked through with a solid show. I was really pulling for Wartortle to win it all but, alas, it was not meant to be.

[@ClaudeAndTaylor]

Hahaaa me too, but such is life! Thanks for the kind comment, Steelman!

[@JarradShaw]

Taylor!!! Great to run across you on the streets of Indy and thank you for your channel, you niche and 12 Chip trick review. And yes, lol, you seeing me struggling to carry Agemonia across three blocks back to my car. (Thank you again Ryan, David, and Jeremy from MvM for the giveaway). I forgot! I bought Maskmen during the Con this year ALSO because of you. This game is so simple of a trick taker, but wow(!) I love the way the “wrestlers” come out making the evolving trump list, or lists. So crazy, weird, and unique!!! With all the amazing games that came out this year, this game was my must buy on opening day Thursday. Hope to see you again brother. Take care, and thanks for your work producing this content❤ Jarrad

[@TylerDeLisle]

This is great, thanks! I had this sitting on my shelf for a long time. Would have taken me a while to grasp the concept without a video like this.

[@ClaudeAndTaylor]

For sure, glad to help out!! Thanks for the kind words, Tyler!!😁

[@carlosflores4179]

Fun fact: the masks on the box are from Mexican wrestlers. Including Blue demon Mil mascaras Villano tercero Tinieblas Fray tormenta The only one im not sure of is the orange one... Im thinking solitario

[@ClaudeAndTaylor]

Oh woah!! Sounds like the designer did his research!! Cheers for the info Carlos!

[@LudwigAustin]

I have never gotten this to the Taylor yet...I mean to the table...I need to getnit off the shelf and get it in the card game bag!!

[@ClaudeAndTaylor]

Hahaaa we'll have to Taylor thisbfor another day!

[@spencerpalmer2918]

Great explanation and examples!

[@ClaudeAndTaylor]

Thanks a ton Spencer!!😁👍

[@noviahemawatykalyana2526]

Thank you, Taylor. Now I get it.

[@ClaudeAndTaylor]

Oh awesome! Glad I could help, Novia!! 😁🙌

[@midasnidas274]

This game is so fun... and yet so confusing to my feeble feeble brain. Ahhhh... memories of all the tables I’ve wanted to flip.

[@ClaudeAndTaylor]

Hey! As a Table, I resent that..

[@midasnidas274]

@@ClaudeAndTaylor you’re not a table, you’re a trick.

[@jimberry7385]

Yeah I think I have to pick this one up.

[@ClaudeAndTaylor]

It's a hoooot Jim!

[@kyleb8117]

I've seen Oink Games before but missed this one. This game looks amazing! I have to get this one. Easily available? Sold. Haha.

[@ClaudeAndTaylor]

It might be my favourite Oink Game! Up there with Fake Artists, Startups, and Welcome to the Dungeon

[@kyleb8117]

@@ClaudeAndTaylor When I went to buy it, I almost picked up Startups. I wanted to add on one more game so I went with Ugly Christmas Sweaters. I'll likely pick up Startups next time. I saw it on SU&SD's Oink Games review and thought of all the ones they covered that'd be the one I'd go for first.

[@Warriorking.1963]

The one question nobody seems to have asked yet... who makes the model of a frog riding a unicycle??? I think I'll have to watch this one again, it takes a little more effort than most of your games to pick up. Then again, this is the only video I've seen in which people are distracted with a frog riding a unicycle! 🤣

[@ClaudeAndTaylor]

Hahaa!! It's 'Dat boi', a dumb meme joke and the people at YouToonz made a doll of it. Hahaa quite the goof! But you're totally fine as this is most Definitely one of THE hardest to learn games on the channel. It's just notoriously obtuse. But you're right, that talented frog is quite the distraction haha!

[@pete7421]

Hi Taylor, thanks for posting this video. Quick question, @2:50 after the initial fighter is debuted, is the next player limited to playing 2 cards of a different fighter to show dominance or can he choose to play 3 cards to show dominance and take control of the round?

[@ClaudeAndTaylor]

Hey Pete, great question! You can only play 1 card more to show dominance, so they must play 2 cards. Cheers!!

[@emilianorimoldi2725]

Hi! Do yo know who is next host when a player played The last card of The round and Is out of the Season because he has no More cards? The host Is The next player un clockwise order? That might be a bit unfair...

[@ClaudeAndTaylor]

Hey Emiliano, great question!! This is sadly not in the rules, and thus unclear. In most climbing/shedding games, when this happens, the play does go to the next player clockwise, which is a bit unfair for sure. Usually this is in partnership games, like Tichu, where the next player is at least on the other team so it's balanced, but in games like Maskmen where everyone is on their own team, it doesn't quite work. So, sadly, we go with the bit unfair rule of the next person clockwise is the next host, but I agree it's not the best rule. I do wish they had a rule for it. But thanks for the comment!! 😁🙌

[@MarceloOliveira-ps2ke]

@@ClaudeAndTaylor I´d try the host be the player with the most cards.

[@eduardoxenofonte4004]

if it's random, it's fair

[@brazillb2]

Interesting game for sure but I can see new comers be offput by the hierarchy tracking. How do you or your game group feel about the tracking?

[@ClaudeAndTaylor]

Oh you're totally right, Bryan! It's probably one of the toughest to teach climbers out there. It's one of those, watch it played after the rules to really get it. I think the tracking isn't too bad after a bit because the masks coming out help track what's been played before.

[@elqord.1118]

Taylor would you say this is best at 3 player?

[@ClaudeAndTaylor]

Hey Elqor, I've heard people say it's best at 2, 3, and 4. I think it's a personal preference thing. I enjoy 3 quite well, but I'm not sure which I'd say is best. That's a tough one!