Tarot
- Videos
- 15
- Creators
- 6
Reviews and how-to-play. Tarot is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 7 reviews, 7 how-to-play guides, and 1 other video.
2 - 8 players
30 min
Medium weight: Teach it in one sitting
From BoardGameGeek
Not to be confused with divinatory tarot, the game of tarot probably comes from Italy. It is played with a 78-card deck that has 56 suited cards (similar to the 52-card Poker deck, with the addition of a Cavalier or Knight court card between the Jack and Queen in each suit), plus 21 suitless trump cards in ascending rank, and one "Fool", similar to the Joker but with differing origins. In the most popular tarot game, called French Tarot in most English-speaking countries, one of the players will be the taker who will be playing against all the other players. The takers' goal is to make a certain amount of points in order to fulfill the contract which the taker player bids on at the beginning of the game. The goal of the other players (called the defense) is to stop the taker from achieving their score. The defense plays as a team against the taker. After receiving their hand, the players will take turns betting on a contract based on whether they think they can achieve the number of points required. The last player to place a bet will become the taker. A large number of European card games are played with either the full tarot deck or a subset of it, often re-faced in Germanic or other Eastern European motifs.
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Which Tarot video should I watch?
Tarot has 15 videos from 6 creators: 7 reviews, 7 how-to-play guides and 1 other video. They date from 2011 to January 2022.
To learn the rules, start with "This is Tarot!" by TrionfiTarot, which runs 8 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "3 Fantasy Tarot Decks Review" by MarcoOmnigamer.
If you like it, try Aurum, Skull, Yokai Septet or Downforce, which share several of its mechanics.
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About Tarot
From BoardGameGeek:
Not to be confused with divinatory tarot, the game of tarot probably comes from Italy. It is played with a 78-card deck that has 56 suited cards (similar to the 52-card Poker deck, with the addition of a Cavalier or Knight court card between the Jack and Queen in each suit), plus 21 suitless trump cards in ascending rank, and one "Fool", similar to the Joker but with differing origins. In the most popular tarot game, called French Tarot in most English-speaking countries, one of the players will be the taker who will be playing against all the other players. The takers' goal is to make a certain amount of points in order to fulfill the contract which the taker player bids on at the beginning of the game. The goal of the other players (called the defense) is to stop the taker from achieving their score. The defense plays as a team against the taker. After receiving their hand, the players will take turns betting on a contract based on whether they think they can achieve the number of points required. The last player to place a bet will become the taker. A large number of European card games are played with either the full tarot deck or a subset of it, often re-faced in Germanic or other Eastern European motifs.
Artists
Rachel Clowes, Tomás Hijo, Charlène Ingouff, Karl James Mountford
Categories
Mechanics
Auction / BiddingTeam-Based GameTrick-taking & ClimbingBetting & Bluffing