I grew up playing board and card games with family and friends (heavy emphasis on the board game part), but I didn’t have any experience with trick-taking games until I was much older. And so when I was exposed to trick-taking games in my 30s and 40s, I was somewhat confused. Call the number of tricks you want to take? Sloughing cards? Must follow? These were terms and mechanisms I wasn’t familiar with. I’m still not as big a fan as our biggest trick-taker fan Andrew Lynch, who penned our guide to trick-taking games, but I’m solidly in the “deal me in” camp. That’s why I’m really excited to tell you about Jalape-NO! from 25th Century Games.
A Game From the 1900s?
My kids like to joke that I’m so old I’m from the 1900s (which definitely makes me feel ancient). And while Jalape-NO! is also from the 1900s, it’s only just barely—being released in 1998 by the legendary game design duo of Wolfgang Kramer and Michael Kiesling.
Overview
Jalape-NO! is a must follow trick-taking game in which players attempt to have the lowest score over a number of rounds. Depending on player count, there will be between 4 and 6 suits, which have card numbers ranging from…
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