The Copper Trickster (2024)

In Ancient Mesopotamia, no other copper merchant was more feared than the great Ea-Nasir. This is what we believe, at least, as demonstrated by complaints eternalized on clay tablets made circa 1750 BCE, some of the oldest customer complaints ever found. Ea-Nasir's skill at selling really bad copper and kicking out any messengers sent to him weren't, to our relief, lost in time. Your goal in The Copper Trickster, which debuted as CharLatão, is not to be taken in by Ea-Nasir...except when you're playing him, of course. In this competitive trick-taking game, each player has partial knowledge of the quality of the copper being offered. Your goal is to make the most points each round, acquiring good quality copper and avoiding the bad. Over the course of a round, you play multiple tricks, contesting for victory or avoiding winning according to your knowledge of the copper's quality. The game ends when every player has been Ea-Nasir once, and whoever has the most points wins.