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May 16, 2026·Playthrough·48:46·32·Watch on YouTube

Diamonds Card Game Playthrough on Board Game Arena | Trick-Taking Strategy in Action

Tabletop Gaming Guild

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Watch “Diamonds Card Game Playthrough on Board Game Arena | Trick-Taking Strategy in Action,” a gameplay video for Diamonds on BoardGameVideo.

Description provided by Tabletop Gaming Guild on YouTube:

players collect valuable gems while trying to protect them from being stolen. Watch as we navigate each round, make tactical decisions, and use suit powers to gain, secure, and steal diamonds. This playthrough showcases the full gameplay experience, including trick-taking strategy, timing your actions, and managing risk vs reward. In Diamonds, players must follow suit when possible, and the highest card of the leading suit wins the trick—but the real twist comes from the special suit abilities, which trigger when you can’t follow suit or when you win tricks. These abilities let you: Add diamonds to your showroom (riskier, 1 point each) Move diamonds to your safe (protected, 2 points each) Steal diamonds from opponents using the thief mechanic Whether you’re learning the game or just want to see it played online, this video gives you a clear look at how Diamonds plays on Board Game Arena. 👍 Like the video, 🔔 subscribe for more board game playthroughs, reviews, and tabletop content, and comment if you’d like more Board Game Arena gameplay! Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKqfRANVatVXgR-JyzXLT2g/join About Tabletop Gaming Guild Tabletop Gaming Guild is all about the memories and experiences that playing games with friends and family can create. To celebrate these experiences we produce video reviews, unboxing, playthroughs, and how to videos for tabletop games. It is our belief that tabletop games can help bring people together and create a shared sense of community. Links: Website: https://tabletopgamingguild.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/fEYRsWe Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tabletopgamingguild Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/tabletopgamingguild Our logo was done by Reed Pritchard. You can check out more of his art at https://www.instagram.com/inkfeatherhummingbird/ Review & Sponsorship Disclosure Some of the products featured in our video reviews are provided to us at no cost by publishers or manufacturers for the purpose of review. We are not paid for our reviews, and receiving a product does not influence our opinions or final assessment in any way. If we ever receive payment or financial compensation connected to a review, we will clearly and prominently disclose that information within the video and its description. Our goal is to provide honest, unbiased coverage to help our audience make informed decisions.

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Diamonds

Diamonds

2014·Mike Fitzgerald

2 - 6 players
20 - 30 min
Light weight: Learn it in minutes

About Diamonds, from BoardGameGeek:

Diamonds is a trick-taking card game in which players collect Diamonds - not cards bearing that suit, mind you, but rather actual "Diamond Crystals" (acrylic crystals) included in the game. What makes the game of Diamonds different from other trick-taking card games is that when you cannot follow suit you get a "Suit Action" based on what suit you do play. Suit Actions are also taken by the winner of each trick, as well as at the end of a full Round of play. Suit Actions will enable players to take Diamond Crystals from the Supply, moving them to their Showroom (where they may score 1 point) or to their Vault (where they will score 2 points). The Vault is a secure area, but the Showroom is vulnerable to theft by the other players. The deck in Diamonds consists of sixty cards, numbered 1-15 in the standard suits. In each round, the players start with a hand of ten cards. One player leads a card, and everyone else must play one card, following suit if possible. As you play a card, if you cannot follow suit, you immediately get a Suit Action in the suit you did play. The player who played the highest card in the suit that was led wins the trick, and also gets a Suit Action. The player who won the trick leads a card to start the next trick. After a full Round of ten tricks, whoever has taken the most cards in each suit once again gets a Suit Action. If a player has taken no tricks, that player gets two Diamonds Suit Actions. Players then start a new round. Whoever has the most points in Diamond Crystals at the end of the game wins!

Designer

Mike Fitzgerald

Artists

William Bricker, Daniel Solis

Publisher

Stronghold Games

Categories

Card Game

Mechanics

Hand ManagementTrick-taking & Climbing
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