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Wizard
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Wizard

Designed by Ken Fisher

Published by K. Fisher Enterprises Ltd., (Unknown) + 27 more

Casual Flow: 15 Min Teach

Players

3-6

Community Snapshot

Best with 4–5
Medium-Light complexity
~45 min
7.0 on BGG (13.5K)
No text needed

Language Editions

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Categories

Card Game
Cards are the primary component — may involve hand management, drafting, or deck building.
Fantasy
Set in magical worlds with mythical creatures, spells, and quests.

How It Plays

Betting and Bluffing

You place bets and try to read (or mislead) your opponents — poker vibes at the game table!

Hand Management

You have a hand of cards and deciding which to play, save, or discard is the core puzzle.

Trick-taking

Players play cards in rounds, and the highest card wins the trick — a classic card game mechanic that's endlessly satisfying.

About This Game

The trick-taking game Wizard uses a sixty-card deck that consists of the traditional 52-card deck (1-13 in four suits) along with four Wizards (high) and four Jesters (low). Players compete over multiple rounds based on the number of players, and whoever ends with the highest score wins. In each round, players are dealt a hand of cards — one card in the first round, two cards in the second, three in the third, etc.…

Source: BoardGameGeek

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Expansions & Related

Expansion

Wizard: The Christmas Wizards

Wizard: The Christmas Wizards

2015

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Play Time

45 min

Complexity

1.7 / 5

Rating

7.0

Year

1984

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