Cerealian is a trick-taking card game from Japan that only uses 12 cards. Play is standard must follow trick-taking rules (play the same color card if you can), except in Cerealian players can follow suit using cards played in previous tricks. The cards played in a trick are divided into players score area, where they are kept face up, vulnerable to be stolen and played into a trick.
3-4 Players
20 Minutes
Ages 10+
Designed by Hugame
Art by Crocotile
Published by Mamé Wasabi (Sugorokuya)
My Thoughts
- Cerealian has a clever twist on trick-taking games that makes it work with just 12 cards.
- Scoring has a couple steps which make it odd to explain, but after one play it is pretty simple to understand.
- Can’t carelessly play your low cards into a trick you aren’t winning because they are useful for having a large difference in scored cards.
- Effectively has a shoot the moon mechanic of collecting a run of 3 sequential cards, which keeps you in danger of having a very low difference between your scored cards if the round ends before you complete the run.
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