Ship's Crew

This game uses a deck with cards 2-10 in 4 suites, in addition to 4 trump cards. It also requires the use of a second “Task Deck” with no trumps, and assorted tokens for communication and tasks.

¶ Rules

¶ Goal of the Game: Fulfill All Tasks

• Tasks are distributed among players face-up
  • A task is fulfilled if its owner takes the trick with the cooresponding cards.
  • A mission is failed if a task is taken by the wrong player.
  • A mission is immediately won if all tasks are fulfilled.
• At the start of a mission:
  • Some tasks are dealt face-up into the middle of the table.
  • The Captain is the player dealt the highest trump.
  • Starting with the Captain, players choose tasks.
  • Captain leads first trick.
• Some missions have additional conditions attached to tasks as they are drawn and marked by task tokens.

¶ Communication

• You can’t talk about your cards. Except for the following
• Once per mission, between tricks, communicate:
  1. Show everyone a non-trump card from your hand
  2. Tell people whether it is:
     • Your highest card of that suit
     • Your lowest card of that suit
     • Your only card of that suit

Adapted from “The Crew”, by Rüdiger Dorn

Pages in this group

• Mission List
• Player Count Variants