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May 26, 2026·How to play·10:12·136·Watch on YouTube

Counterpoint | How to Play | Learn to Play in 10 Minutes! | A Cooperative Trick-Taking Board Game

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Watch “Counterpoint | How to Play | Learn to Play in 10 Minutes! | A Cooperative Trick-Taking Board Game,” a how-to-play guide on BoardGameVideo.

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Learn to How to Play Counterpoint in just 10 Minutes! Thank you for stopping by. Counterpoint is designed by Ted Mann Schaller, illustrated by Brandon Campbell, and published by Square Cactus Games, who helped sponsor this video. Learn More: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/squarecactusgames/counterpoint Counterpoint is a cooperative trick-taking game where you win or lose as a group. You and your fellow players will take on the role of classical musicians performing masterworks from the chamber music repertoire. Throughout the game you’ll work together to fulfill your individual bids while also satisfying the unique rules and goals of each composition. Each performance follows four main steps. First you’ll prepare the composition and deal cards. Then you’ll bid using note tokens to determine how many cards of your own suit you believe you can collect. Next you’ll play through a series of tricks using traditional trick-taking rules along with special abilities and unique actions. Finally you’ll check whether every player fulfilled their bid and whether the group successfully completed the performance goals. Play all the right notes for a successful performance to win the game. Question of the Day: If you could learn how to play any instrument immediately, which instrument would you choose? Thanks for watching our How to Play video of Counterpoint! 🥰 Enjoyed our content and want to support our work? Please consider checking out our: 📣 Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/kovray 💬 Our Discord: https://discord.gg/mqwR9PPpdr Follow along our social media to join in on our adventures! 📘Facebook - @Kovray https://www.facebook.com/kovray 📸Instagram - @kovraystudios https://www.instagram.com/kovraystudios 🩵 Blue Sky - https://bsky.app/profile/kovray.bsky.social 🕰️Tiktok - @kovraystudios 0:00 Counterpoint 0:17 Game Overview 0:37 Setting Up 1:54 Performance Overview 2:23 Step 1: Dealing 3:37 Step 2: Bidding 4:57 Step 3: Trick-Taking 6:17 Technique Cards 6:38 Rest Card 7:25 Step 4: End of Performance 7:58 Concert Variant 9:28 Any Questions? 9:43 Question of the Day BGG: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/454148/counterpoint Would you be able to cooperative in a performance to put on the best concert? #BoardGames #Counterpoint #HowToPlay

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Counterpoint

Counterpoint

2026·Ted Mann Schaller

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

About Counterpoint, from BoardGameGeek:

Curtains up-it's time to perform! Counterpoint invites players to experience the world of classical chamber music through cooperative trick-taking. Take on the role of an adorable classical musician, play your part by collecting your own suit, and navigate through increasingly complex real-life classical chamber music compositions. No actual music experience required! Structurally, Counterpoint is based on traditional trick-taking games like Bridge, Spades, or Euchre. Players start by bidding on their hand of cards. Then through trick-taking work together to make sure that everyone meets their bid. If everyone is successful then you've won the game! But the fun doesn't stop there. Counterpoint includes 50 scenarios based on real-life classical chamber music compositions by a wide variety of composers including Beethoven, Brahms, Mozart, Debussy and many more. Each scenario comes with special rules and goals that increase the difficulty of the game from easy to virtuoso. Immerse yourself in the world of Counterpoint by listening to the music (from the included playlists) while you play! -description from the designer

Designer

Ted Mann Schaller

Artist

Brandon Campbell (II)

Publisher

Square Cactus Games

Categories

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Mechanics

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