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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

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