CO-OP TRICK-TAKING
THE CREW: MISSION DEEP SEA
THAMES & KOSMOS: $15
AGE RANGE: 10+
PLAY TIME: 20 MIN.
PLAYERS: 2–5
The Crew games create variations on the traditional trick-taking game, with marvelous results. The Quest For Planet Nine introduced the idea of a limited-communication cooperative mission-based narrative trick-taking game, and scooped up a Spiel des Jahres award in the process. Mission Deep Sea adds a unique way of handling victory conditions, improving on an already strong design.
The games are structured like a narrative quest, with flavor