Trick Raiders ~ Taylor's Trick-Taking Table

[@jonathanfranklin461]

Link to Taylor's Side Table Channel - kzbin.info/door/mzTdDd9robWVTkzuy8LuwA

[@ClaudeAndTaylor]

Ahh i always forget to link it, haha! Thanks so much, Jonathan!!! 😁🙌

[@Aceronian]

after discovering this channel i spent a weekend watching all your videos and now i'm all caught up! my BGG wishlist and want to play are now completely full of Japanese trick takers i'll never be able to find or play... anyway my fav month is September because it's when my birthday is but also you've got that kinda autumn vibe going on, but it's not too cold, and actually it's usually as warm as summer for a little bit!

[@ClaudeAndTaylor]

Thanks so much for checking out all my videos, Amie!!! This comment means so much to me, as I love to check out all the videos of people i like also! So sorry for all the obscure titles, but hopefully you get a chance to play some of them someday!! Cheers, Taylor 😁🙌

[@stephencpavey]

I love February. Lots of family members and birthdays in Feb including mine on leap year the 29th. Just learned trick raiders last weekend at our tric-KY con and loved it.

[@kyleb8117]

Ooo...just realized another Feb fan with a birthday in it. I'm also hoping for you to win. Praying to RNGsus for that poetic win for someone. lol

[@ClaudeAndTaylor]

Happy Birthday Stephen!!! What a wild moment to have a leap year birthday!! Hope they're all special! And I hope tric-KY con was amazing!! What a lovely name for what I imagine is a lovely event! Cheers!! 😁🙌

[@stephencpavey]

@@ClaudeAndTaylor Still celebrating my birthday cause it's somewhere between 2/28 - 3/1. On non leap years I celebrate two days :) And yes Tric-KY con was amazing and there will be a next year and you can come :) 14 friends gathered for good food, lots of laughs, and we played and ranked 36 card games ! 10 Scout 10 Rook 9.86 Schadenfreude 9.83 Bridge City Poker 9.62 Scharfe Schoten 9.62 Tricktakers 9.33 Voltreffer 9 Zimbabweee Trick 8.9 Druids 8.87 Trick Raiders 8.75 Nokosu Dice 8.5 Le Plateau 8.5 Nana 8.5 Nine Lives 8.5 Dog Tag Trick 8.2 Tindahan (FFM) 8 Somnia 7.62 Hachi Train 7.4 Chronicle 7.4 Fool 7 Roulette Taking Game 7 Luz 7 Jekyll and Hyde 6.9 Boast or Nothing 6.87 Dois 6.87 Potato Man 6.75 Green Fivura 6.75 Claim 6.7 Bug Council of Backyardia 6.41 12 Chip Trick 6.37 Anansi 6.1 Frank's Zoo 5.62 Cursed Tricks 4.54 Five Cucumbers NR Peter's Prototype TT stocks NR Peter's Prototype TT sous -chef

[@hecatesson]

I will definitely be on the lookout for this one! I love how much trick taking games are growing!

[@ClaudeAndTaylor]

Good luck, Hecatesson!! And yessss me tooo!! It's been a dream lately!!

[@hecatesson]

Had a hard time finding it, but I found one place that has some copies in Portland, in fact! Thanks to Tricky Imports for carrying it! I can't wait to get this to the table!

[@GourmetBurrito]

At the rate you're getting new subs, it might get difficult to keep the 55 going. But I guess that's a good problem to have. Thanks for being my guide into the trick-taking world! You were a little too effective in that I've gotten maybe a few too many. My favourite month is probably May. I like those more temperate months and the other spring/fall months tends to have way too much rain

[@ClaudeAndTaylor]

Hahaa yes that is a great point, as I've noticed so many kind people joining more and more. But yes, just a wonderful situation and it's in thanks to amazing people like you! Here's to May, so close!!

[@danahlongley]

Love ur channel - thanks so much for covering my fave game genre! Even though my birthday (and my dad's) is in Feb, my fave month is August because I live in the northeast US and it is usually so cold here in winter! In August, I can hit the beach, go hiking, camping or kayaking camping (all good events to bring a deck or 2 of trick-taking decks!).

[@ClaudeAndTaylor]

Thanks so much for the kind words, Dana!!! 😁🙌 And happy birthdays!!! I totally agree, I'm a huge summer head and nothing beats playing trick-taking on a camping trip!! Ahh so excited for summer!! Cheers, Taylor😎💫✨

[@banoffee1393]

Nailed the pronunciation! Thank you so much, I'll be in touch shortly 😁

[@ClaudeAndTaylor]

Yay! Congrats!!

[@garrettelkins1585]

Just came across your channel and absolutely love trick taking games! Thanks for all your videos! My favorite month is new to me cause we are expecting our first baby in June so now June will now, and forever, be my favorite month!

[@ClaudeAndTaylor]

Thanks sooo much, Garrett!! That means so much to read!! June is a great pick and it's so soon😁😁🙌🙌

[@mati11223]

Fav monty would be August. It's my birthday and is at tail end of holiday season so a lot of good memories of vacations with friends and family come back to each year. Awesome vid Taylor, loved to see you grow this place to be a hub for quirky games.

[@ClaudeAndTaylor]

August is a huge one for me, especially because of those vacation moments. So well said Mati!!! And thanks so much for the kind words, it truly means so much!!! 💙

[@alexderosa791]

Hey Taylor!! I've been enjoying going through your backlog, but it's fun to be a part of a new video on it's first day! Happy Valentines day! My favorite month is May! It's my wife and me's anniversary and my oldest son's birthday! Also, we go on vacation and the weather is great. I'd love to win February the game!

[@ClaudeAndTaylor]

Hey Alex! That means so much to hear! I've always loved going through backlogs of channels and it's wild to think that's possible for mine now. Thank you so sincerely much for thia wonderful comment!! May is an amazing pick, and for such a sweet reason! Here's to that lovely month coming up soon!! Cheers 😁🙌💫

[@troygillespie]

April is my favorite! The earliest spring bulbs bringing joy

[@ClaudeAndTaylor]

Amazing pick, Troy! And so soon, wahoo!!

[@EliteBeast]

We just crushed this on Saturday at 3 and 4. 2 lives is definitely enough. It was usually a 2 hand game. If someone had a super strong hand and was the aggressor and they won on the first hand, then I agree the game should just stop. With 3 lives your giving a huge advantage to that player in the next hand by having 2 extra lives. Also the betrayal card was massive.

[@ClaudeAndTaylor]

Cheers on the comment, Hihihi! That's awesome to hear that both of those elements worked well for your group!

[@kyleb8117]

Oh wow! I certainly wasn't expecting to win. Yatta! 🙌 I forgot to mention, I think, that my favorite color is also blue. I know it's such a generic boy thing, but I love it. Especially dark blue, maybe even TARDIS blue is more accurate. I think if I were able to pick a color for a car I bought, I'd go for the Midnight Blue I often see as an option. I also love the Berenstain Bears reference. I also grew up on those (and Highlights, Magic School Bus, etc). Favorite month is an interesting one to ponder. I like Fall/Winter, or just temperate/cool weather in general. Holiday-wise, October, November, and December are pretty great and my birth month, March, has Spring Break in it (but I'm boring and more celebrated being able to play games and relax more). Tough choice. My gut says if I were trying to enter the giveaway, I'd say November. Trick Raiders' way to bid is so clever! I love it. This is my bid, but also the only cards I can lead with. So many interesting decisions, like you cover. Sounds like a great game in general. I like the idea of doing 3 lives instead. It *can* be fun when a game just ends right away, but I think most games are more fun when they go down to the wire. So true on the rules teach! There are so many times when you mention something as not likely (or very likely) and then the opposite happens. The funniest one that I'll never forget is when my buddy taught us Pandemic and said we should just assume we're going to lose because you almost never win, then we went to win the smoothest game of Pandemic I think I've ever played. We joked about "I thought this was a hard game." but it was just a funny coincidence.

[@ClaudeAndTaylor]

Congrats on the win, Kyle!!! And solidarity in blue! 💙 Hahahaaaa I love that Pandemic story! That's just classic rules teach!!

[@j12601]

My favorite month (that is also a the title of one of my favorite pieces of wind ensemble literature) is October (by Eric Whitacre). You tend to get proper autumn weather by that point usually, and I'm a big fan of wearing hoodies and light jackets when possible.

[@ClaudeAndTaylor]

Yesssss, such amazing reasons, j12601!!! You and Chris Wray picked the same! Jynx!!

[@BLUElightning33]

Favorite month is June for several reasons - some of the best weather on the entire year in MN, beginning of summer vacation back in the school years, the month of my birthday, one of the four months with 30 days....

[@ClaudeAndTaylor]

Love June!! Wonderful pick, BlueLightning!!!

[@danielnewman5773]

October's the best month because it's the spoooookiest month

[@ClaudeAndTaylor]

Ahhh yes this is a wonderful reason!!

[@JonTripp115]

October is the best month! It would be so even without Halloween. Halloween just increases the gap between 1st and 2nd place.

[@ClaudeAndTaylor]

It really does, just a stellar holiday!! And you and Chris Wray picked the same month, nice!!

[@thermoptic]

I know that people complain about the lousy weather but I think the best month is Smarch!

[@ClaudeAndTaylor]

Hahaa Smarch!! Sensational pick, thermoptic!!

[@murked3030]

My favorite month is October: cool but not cold, changing leaves, and candy!

[@ClaudeAndTaylor]

Absolutely amazing pick, Stephen!! It's one of mine too!

[@phryas]

After a brief hiatus from youtube I've been binging your videos, so much fun! For the give-away: October is the best month over here in Maryland. No more intense heat and humidity, great hiking weather. If only I enjoyed pumpkin flavored everything...

[@ClaudeAndTaylor]

Thanks so much, James!!! That means a lot to read!!! 💙😁🙌 ALSO, What an answer!!! Did it win though??? Tune in in a few hours!!!

[@phryas]

@@ClaudeAndTaylor woohoo! How best to contact you for the copy?

[@slackerjoe]

July is the best - bring on the heat!

[@ClaudeAndTaylor]

Oooo love a July pick! Cheers, SlackerJoe!

[@zzu29]

It would be august for sure! Trick-taking games on a camping table!

[@ClaudeAndTaylor]

Oh wooow, what a wonderful pick, Julien! That's totally a vibe!

[@luisperdomo4873]

My birthday is on Feb 18th, so it's definitely my favorite month, this is MY month :). I'd love to have a copy of February

[@ClaudeAndTaylor]

Happy late birthday, Luis!!!!! Thanks for the wonderful comments and I hope your birthday was a HOOT!! 🔥✨✨✨

[@luisperdomo4873]

@@ClaudeAndTaylor Thank you so much. It was neat indeed. We spent it by doing one of my favorite things ever: gaming with friends :).

[@brent.henson]

My favorite month is May. It’s my dog’s Chewie’s birthday month, May the 4th!

[@ClaudeAndTaylor]

Great pick, Brent!! Chewie is an amazing dog name!! 😄👏

[@michaelkemp343]

January! My favorite month is now January since my first child was born this January!

[@ClaudeAndTaylor]

Wonderful pick, Michael!! January is a stellar month!!

[@LudwigAustin]

This game looks very cool and OMG that sports ball jacket is amazeballs lol

[@ClaudeAndTaylor]

Hahahaaa thanks so much, PK! It's great for any sports game! And yes the game is an absolute hoot!!

[@shreyinspace]

I was able to play this with someones mocked up copy and enjoyed much of what you describe. The bidding is unique, and the extra information you get from the cards on the table gives the card play a bit more spice. And the aggressive/meek option is pretty delicious. I agree that three lives makes sense. My one issue with the game are the powers, which I generally find overcomplicate trick taking games. And this one has what might be my least favorite mechanism - changing trump. There could be interesting decision point of seeing a hand with a bunch of heats and one of the trump changing cards, and trying to make that happen. But in general, I don't like what changing trump does to hand evaluation. It makes it almost too random. Since it doesn't seem to happen that often in this game I would consider just skipping that rule.

[@ClaudeAndTaylor]

Amazing to hear, Shrey!! Awesome that 3 lives also sounds viable over there. And I'm with you, it does make the game more chaotic because the trump changing is pretty random if it'll happen at all, even for the person who has the card. I'm with you, and I'm interested to see how it feels without next time i play. Cheers for the wonderful comment!! 😁

[@theSolemnBard]

I choose September, when my wife and baby and mother and sister were all born (not in that order)

[@ClaudeAndTaylor]

Hahaa yes wonderful pick, Thomas!!

[@mreed7947]

Hell yeah dude Pup rules!! The Dream is Over is a perfect album. What's your favorite Pup album?

[@ClaudeAndTaylor]

Hell yeahhhhh, M Reed!!! Pup is sooo rad!! They put on such amazing live shows too😎 The Dream is Over is PHENOMENAL! The lead into DVP from 'If this tour doesn't kill you' is one of my favourite album moments ever. Sheeeesh!! The Dream is Over is my second favourite, but I have just the biggest soft spot for Dark Days and Mabu that their first album is my fav! Such a wonderful band though!

[@bendavenward8732]

October! Autumn colours, Halloween! Did I mention Halloween :)

[@ClaudeAndTaylor]

Hahaa yes one of the best months and best holidays!!

[@Century]

I was born in February. It’s also Valentine’s Day! Solid month. Please pronounce it Feb Ru Ary at least once!

[@ClaudeAndTaylor]

Wonderful month for sure!! And consider your wish granted in the next video! 😁🙌

[@Century]

@@ClaudeAndTaylor *fist pump*

[@ezRAez10]

Objective answer: October. Best weather and notably spookier than all other months.

[@kyleb8117]

I was trying to decide between Oct, Nov, and Dec and I went middle ground, but it's definitely a solid answer. I love Fall and October is smack dab in the middle of it.

[@ClaudeAndTaylor]

What an answer!!! Did it win though??? Tune in in a few hours!!!

[@ShariStidam]

November! December!? Both of those!

[@ClaudeAndTaylor]

Amazing picks, Shari!! And that game of this with Melissa was HILARIOUS!!

[@ShariStidam]

@@ClaudeAndTaylor She makes the seemingly impossible possible in the most hilarious ways. As they say in the south, "Bless her heart."

[@mitchellruloff2655]

October's the best for sure!

[@ClaudeAndTaylor]

It looks to be a huge hit!!

[@fiendmonger]

June baby!

[@ClaudeAndTaylor]

Amazing pick, Jeff!!

[@veedeviceable]

My favorite month turns out to be February. My birthday month and the only "unique" one.

[@kyleb8117]

I'm hoping you win because that'd just be so poetic. Haha.

[@ClaudeAndTaylor]

It truly is, and Happy Birthday Veedeciveable!!!!!!

[@RobertGerman]

Favorite month: April

[@ClaudeAndTaylor]

Oooo nice pick Rob! It's close!!

[@ashwinkamath4598]

You Blue my mind. You Red my mind. You Purple my mind. Happy Valentines my dudes!

[@ClaudeAndTaylor]

Hahaaaa all the colours of the rainbow! Cheers, Ashwin! You too!!

[@phunkysai]

May!

[@ClaudeAndTaylor]

Great pick, phunkysai!!