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Oct 5, 2025·How to play·14:18·118·Watch on YouTube

The Hedgehog's Dilemma - How to Play

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Watch “The Hedgehog's Dilemma - How to Play,” a how-to-play guide for The Hedgehog's Dilemma from Cards Unbarred on BoardGameVideo.

Description provided by Cards Unbarred on YouTube:

The Hedgehog’s Dilemma is a trick-taking game featuring fragile partnerships, shared win and loss conditions, and completely open table talk rules. Based on Schopenhauer’s parable of porcupines illustrating the perils of human intimacy, players navigate fraught relationships with each other to trade cards and build exponential scoring opportunities. By winning tricks, players traverse an endless loop that rewards those who get close—but not too close—to one another. Note: Around 8:51, I say two or more 8s...I meant to say ONE or more 8s! https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/451759/the-hedgehogs-dilemma 0:00 - Introduction 0:10 - Components 0:44 - Locating The Game Board 1:02 - Player Pieces 1:30 - Setup 3:00 - Trick Taking 4:23 - Trick Taking: Poking 6:38 - Trick Taking: Table Talk 8:08 - Trick Taking Continued 8:48 - Trick Taking: 8s 9:30 - Trick Taking: Center Space 9:58 - Trick Taking: Multiple Suits In A Trick 10:41 - Scoring 13:28 - Starting A New Round 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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The Hedgehog's Dilemma

The Hedgehog's Dilemma

2025·Scott King

4 - 5 players
20 - 45 min
Medium weight: Teach it in one sitting

About The Hedgehog's Dilemma, from BoardGameGeek:

The Hedgehog's Dilemma is a trick-taking game featuring fragile partnerships, shared win and loss conditions, and completely open table talk rules. Based on Schopenhauer's parable of porcupines illustrating the perils of human intimacy, players navigate fraught relationships with each other to trade cards and build exponential scoring opportunities. By winning tricks, players traverse an endless loop that rewards those who get close-but not too close-to one another. -description from the designer

Designer

Scott King

Artist

Eliza Pratt

Publisher

Self-published

Categories

AnimalsCard Game

Mechanics

Trick-taking & Climbing
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The Hedgehog's Dilemma

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