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CHAUTAUQUA STAR FRIDAY, MAY 2, 2014 KniGHts of tHe Card taBLe 29 trieste: the Perfect Game for small Gaming Groups game about government. Can you imagine the boredom? But I digress. This game has each player take on one of three roles — the city watch, the merchants and the thieves. The merchants are paying the city watch to arrest the thieves, who are in turn trying to rob the merBy Sir Melvin Pistachio bACkgROunD Trieste was designed by chants. No, Trieste is defiOfficial Knight of the Matthew Ma and is pub- nitely not a friendly Euro Card Table lished by Victory Point game where nothing bad ever happens to players. Collectible card games, role- Games, which markets themselves as “The Little playing games, living card MECHAnICS Game Company That games and board games The game is relatively Could.” The game can aren’t exactly ‘sports’, but simple to play. Each be played with three, they’re a huge passion of player plays nearly and only three, playmine and many others. simultaneously, though ers. You’ll see why in a In this weekly section I’m the city watch always minute. Approximate going to review one of the resolves first, followed many games in my menag- play time is listed at 25 minutes, which I’ll agree by the merchants and erie of awesomeness. with. The first few times fi nally the thieves. In my gaming group, might take a while longer Each player first draws we’re often stuck with simply because you won’t two cards, either from just three players. Unthe community treasure know any of the cards fortunately that severe- yet. Suggested ages are pile or from their own ly limits the number 13+ but I can see a child personal deck of characof games we can pull as young as 10 years old ters and actions. They off of the shelf. Even in getting into Trieste, as can draw one from each some of the games we if they wish or two from long as they have some can play three playeither stack. Then each gaming exp