Kabuki Tricks

The curtain rises and you are the boss behind the scenes. In Kabuki Tricks you take on the role of producer of a dazzling Kabuki performance. How good your show turns out depends on the tricks you win. Each round someone else becomes the dealer, and then the tense trick taking starts all over again. You play with cards in four colours, each linked to an actor. The dealer decides which colour is strongest and whether high or low cards win. That is where the tension lies: everything can turn around from round to round. Follow the colour that is led, or play your joker at just the right moment. With that joker you bet how many tricks you will take and what colour your last card will be. You can even turn the rules upside down by swapping a card or reversing high and low. At the end of each round you count your points. Tricks score, a good prediction scores too, and a successful bluff with your joker gives a hefty bonus. Whoever has the most points after all the rounds may call themselves the great showmaker. Kabuki Tricks plays with 2 to 5 people, takes about 30 minutes and is suitable from age 10. Ideal for an evening at the table where gambling, calculating and bluffing take turns.