The Crew is a cooperative trick-taking card game where players work together as astronauts on a space mission to reach Planet Nine. Players must complete specific objectives by winning particular tricks in particular orders, all while having limited ability to communicate with each other. The game features 50 missions of increasing difficulty recorded in a logbook.
The Verdict
based on 33 reviews
If you enjoy trick-taking games, The Crew is one you can’t pass up trying out. I think what you get with this game that sets it apart from any other trick-taking game I have played is near-infinite replay value and varying complexity.
The Crew: The Quest for Planet Nine" is highly recommended as one of the best games in recent years. Its novel cooperative trick-taking mechanism brilliantly re-examines the genre, making it an excellent experience for both veterans and newcomers.
The Crew scoops prize for best ‘Expert’ board game.
The reviewer explicitly rated The Crew: The Quest for Planet Nine at 0.0 out of 5.0, indicating an overwhelmingly negative assessment of the game. The accompanying text offers minimal qualitative details, primarily describing the game's core concept.
The reviewer enthusiastically recommends The Crew: The Quest for Planet Nine, calling it a great and enjoyable cooperative trick-taking game that he and his co-player frequently play.
Tom Vasel found 'The Crew: The Quest for Planet Nine' to be a phenomenal game, appreciating its excellent combination of cooperative trick-taking and the fascinating, limited communication that drives strategic negotiation.
The reviewer enthusiastically recommends "The Crew: The Quest for Planet Nine," highlighting its highly enjoyable cooperative trick-taking mechanics, engaging puzzle-solving, and a mission-based campaign that remains compelling despite a whimsical theme.
The reviewer enthusiastically praises "The Crew: The Quest for Planet Nine" as one of the best trick-taking games they've ever played, highlighting its expertly designed and balanced cooperative gameplay, engaging missions, and unique integration of story into mechanics, despite some minor setup fiddliness.
ProZD highly recommends 'The Crew: The Quest for Planet Nine,' praising its clever and satisfying cooperative trick-taking mechanics, stating it's hard to put down and an 'easy must buy' for its engaging gameplay and variety of missions.
The reviewer highly recommends 'The Crew: The Quest for Planet Nine,' describing it as a simple, fun, and almost miraculous game with immense replay value due to its varied scenarios and victory conditions.
The reviewer enthusiastically recommends "The Crew: The Quest for Planet Nine," praising it as a highly engaging cooperative trick-taking card game with significant replay value through its 50 unique missions, despite some potential difficulty with two players or higher player counts.
The reviewer highly praises 'The Crew: The Quest for Planet Nine' as a fantastic, accessible, quick, and riveting trick-taking card game, especially recommending it as an excellent starting point for newcomers to the genre.
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