Games included in this entry are Sextet, Coup d’etat, Ninety Nine, Black Spy, Wizard, and Where’s Bob’s Hat?.Īs we explained in our first entry, we put an enormous number of trick taking games into a ratings spreadsheet, giving each Opinionated Gamer the chance to offer their rating. This entry will focus on trick taking games from the mid-1960s to the early 1990s, which tended to closely resemble the classic, public-domain trick taking games. You can find the first entry here and the series introduction here. This is our second entry in a thirteen-part series featuring trick taking games. Tricks and Trumps #2: Variations on the Classics (1967-1990)