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Pond
Head-to-Head Duel

Pond

Designed by Michael Schoessow

Published by (Web published)

Moderate Depth: 30 Min Teach

Players

2-4

Community Snapshot

Best with 2
Medium complexity
~30 min
7.0 on BGG (3)

Categories

Card Game
Cards are the primary component — may involve hand management, drafting, or deck building.

Rated 0.0 by the community, Pond brings trick-taking to 2 players in about ~30 min.

How It Plays

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

This is a two player trick taking game by Michael Schoessow (who also designed the award-winning piecepack/Ice House game Alien City) that can also be played with four players by adding an additional deck of cards and playing in partners. First each player draws for a poison suit, cards are dealt and then each player secretly selects their profit ranks. Game play consists of two phases, (1) cards are played into the pond, and (2) the trick taking phase.…

Source: BoardGameGeek

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Collections

Featured In

⏱️Best Board Games Under 60 Minutes♟️Medium board games for 2 players♟️Medium board games for 3 players♟️Medium board games for 4 players⏱️Board games under 30 minutes

Play Time

30 min

Complexity

3.0 / 5

Rating

7.0

Year

2002

Party

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