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Oct 24, 2025·How to play·13:07·152·Watch on YouTube

Chasing Shadows - How to Play

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Watch “Chasing Shadows - How to Play,” a how-to-play guide for Chasing Shadows from Cards Unbarred on BoardGameVideo.

Description provided by Cards Unbarred on YouTube:

Chasing Shadows is a trick avoidance game where players draft which suit they must follow with from a dwindling pool of cards. Be sure to limit the next player's options, and you might force them to win the trick. Taking cards and scoring points is bad, but players can cleverly plan to take specific cards that will make their previous points disappear. The player with the lowest score after three rounds is the winner. https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/453051/chasing-shadows 0:00 - Introduction 0:10 - Components 0:47 - Setup 1:32 - Trick Taking 8:24 - End of Round Scoring 11:25 - End of Game Scoring Check out my podcast, Trick Talkers, where we discuss all kinds of trick-taking, climbing, and shedding games! https://www.anchor.fm/tricktalkers/

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Chasing Shadows

Chasing Shadows

2025·David Spalinski

3 - 5 players
30 - 40 min
Medium weight: Teach it in one sitting

About Chasing Shadows, from BoardGameGeek:

Within the secret underworld of espionage, every agent lives on the knife's edge. Will today be the day when your identity is exposed by the spotlight, or can you remain safely hidden in the shadows? Chasing Shadows is a trick avoidance game where players draft which suit they must follow with from a dwindling pool of cards. Be sure to limit the next player's options, and you might force them to win the trick. Taking cards and scoring points is bad, but players can cleverly plan to take specific cards that will make their previous points disappear. The player with the lowest score after three rounds is the winner. -description from the designer

Designer

David Spalinski

Artist

David Spalinski

Publisher

Self-published

Categories

Card GameSpies / Secret Agents

Mechanics

Trick-taking & Climbing
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