trick-taking game i
A trick-taking game is a card game or tile-based game in which play of a "hand" centers on a series of finite rounds or units of play, called tricks , which are each evaluated to determine a winner or "taker" of that trick. The object of such games then may be closely tied to the number of tricks taken, as in plain-trick games such as Whist , contract bridge , Spades , Napoleon , Euchre , Rowboat, Clubs and Spoil Five , or to the value of the cards contained in taken tricks, as in point-trick games such as Pinochle , the Tarot family, Mariage , Rook , All Fours , Manille , Briscola , and most "evasion" games like Hearts . [1] The domino game Texas 42 is an example of a trick-taking game that is not a card game.