Pompiers!

About this board game

Pompiers! is a mission-driven trick-taking game for 3–5 players, played in about 30 minutes. Across five rounds, players compete to fulfill objectives, collect points, and finish with the highest score.

Each hand uses a colorful deck with four suits and ranks from 1 to 15. Cards are dealt, leaving a kitty of eight cards in a four-player game or ten cards with five players. One kitty card is revealed to establish the trump suit for the hand.

Players then battle through a standard trick-taking phase. You must follow the lead suit when possible; the highest trump card wins a trick, while the highest card of the lead suit wins if no trump is played. Tricks won are organized in a 2×5 grid marked with tokens, creating a clear record of each player’s results.

• Basic missions: Five are available in each game and can be completed once per hand.
• Emergency missions: A selected group can be completed only once during the entire game.
• Mission variety: Objectives can include winning exactly one trick or winning no red cards.

After every round, players determine who earns points for each available mission. Basic missions are worth 5 points each, while emergency missions provide between 2 and 4 points.

With objectives changing the value of every trick, Pompiers! rewards careful card play and flexible planning. Decide when to pursue a mission, when to avoid a tempting trick, and how to adapt to the revealed trump suit. After five rounds, the player with the most points wins.