{"product_id":"crits-tricks","title":"Crits \u0026 Tricks","description":"\u003cp\u003eTake a seat at the most dangerous card table in Eldris in this innovative, fantasy-themed trick-taking game from Inside Up Games. Designed by Conor McGoey as part of the Tales of the Twisted Realms series, this high-stakes strategy game challenges players to complete personal quests in a tavern setting by pairing a classic hand of mercenaries with a personal pool of polyhedral RPG dice.\u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cbr\u003e\n Product Features\u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cbr\u003e\n * Dice-Driven Card Values: Eliminates standard printed card numbers entirely, forcing players to lead or follow tricks with mercenary cards and physically assign their rolled polyhedral dice to determine the cards' rank.\u003cbr\u003e\n * Shifting Variable Win Conditions: Features unique rules dictated entirely by the lead character class suit; tricks led by Barbarians are won by the highest value, Rogues are won by the lowest value, and Wizards are won by whoever gets closest to five.\u003cbr\u003e\n * High-Impact Tactical Crit Abilities: Equips players with a limited pool of \"crit\" tokens that can be activated twice per round to trigger game-changing class powers, such as forcing opponents to re-roll, swapping assigned dice, or shifting numerical values.\u003cbr\u003e\n * Secret and Public Quest Drafting: Challenges players to draft four quest cards per round keeping three hidden to work toward unique standalone score multipliers alongside a public, shared \"Barkeep's Challenge.\"\u003cbr\u003e\n * Wildcard Bard Synergy Mechanics: Populates the mercenary deck with specialized blue Bard cards that act as wildcards to match any active suit, adding extra loot to the central pool when claimed.\u003cbr\u003e\n * High Replayability Setups: Spans three intense rounds of six tricks each, packing a full set of polyhedral dice (d4, d6, d8, d10, d12, d20) and player privacy screens to support 1 to 4 players.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Inside Up Games","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67629026345120,"sku":"IUG019RTL","price":25.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0486\/6254\/4544\/files\/Crits_Tricks1.jpg?v=1790956037","url":"https:\/\/lazarus-games.com\/products\/crits-tricks","provider":"Lazarus Games","version":"1.0","type":"link"}