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2026
Shortstack
3–4 players · 45 min · 8+
In Shortstack, players are at an all-you-can-eat pancake breakfast buffet! Make the best stacks of flapjacks before your opponents can clap back!
Shortstack is a trick taker played in 2 tricks: first to set the suit, then to set the rank. Players must balance winning tricks fewer than 4 tricks while also trying to earn the most points from those tricks!
—description from the designer
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