Aurum Review, A modern card game that really messes with trick-taking card game traditions
Channel: Tabletop Bellhop
Date: 2023-11-05

In this podcast segment we take a look at the trick taking card game Aurum. This modern trick taker changes things up so much that traditional card game players are going to have to unlearn what they have learned. 

Watch to find out how Aurum really messes with trick-taking card game traditions. 

If you prefer to read, or want a more in depth look at Aurum with lots of pictures, check out our written review on the blog:
https://tabletopbellhop.com/game-reviews/aurum/

This review is one segment of episode 222 of The Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast, Minis vs Meeples, watch it here: https://youtu.be/ujRkGhqElpY

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Disclosure: Thanks to Pandasaurus Games for sending us a review copy of Aurum to check out. 

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Timestamps:

00:00 WHAT DO YOU GET WITH AURUM?
01:05 COMPONENT QUALITY IN AURUM
02:15 HOW TO PLAY AURUM
06:01 OUR THOUGHTS ON AURUM
09:40 WHO SHOULD CONSIDER PICKING UP AURUM?
10:52 CLOSING AND WHERE TO FIND MORE

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From the publisher:

After years of experimentation in your shared laboratory, you and your fellow alchemists have just successfully transmuted common metals into gold! Now all that's left is to perfect the formula, repeating the experiments to find the perfect combination of metals that produce the purest gold.

In this competitive trick-taking game you can earn points by either collecting Gold or by correctly bidding how many tricks you will win. However unlike many trick-taking games, Aurum uses a must-not follow card playing system. Cleverly anticipate which cards may be played to win the game!

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