Spy Tricks

About this board game

Spy Tricks is a trick-taking game for 3–4 players, with a play time of about 30 minutes, in which spies try to identify the only face-down card in the game.

At the heart of the experience is a focused hidden-information challenge. Players take on the roles of spies while competing in a trick-taking setting, using the information available to determine which card remains face down.

The game’s defining feature is its single concealed card. Rather than managing a collection of hidden cards, players are drawn toward one specific mystery: identifying the face-down card among the cards in play.

• Players: 3–4
• Play time: approximately 30 minutes
• Core mechanics: trick-taking and identifying a hidden card
• Theme: players act as spies

Spy Tricks offers a compact format for players who enjoy card games built around deduction and a clear objective. Its combination of trick-taking and a single face-down card gives the game a distinctive central question to pursue throughout play.

Originally known as Trick of Spy, the game was released in 2016. With its small player count and approximately half-hour play time, it suits a focused game session for groups of three or four.

For players looking for a concise spy-themed card game, Spy Tricks brings together the familiar structure of trick-taking with the unusual task of identifying one concealed card. The result is a game defined by its focused hidden-information premise.