The game bridge could have all the cards in a deck replaced with eg: ships for Ace,Plains for Kings, Tanks for queens, artilary for Jacks - then the rest could be made of weapons types OR soldiers etc.. the suits could be 2 sides allies and 2 sides axis,
I think this could be a really good wargame.
each winning trick could be a kill.
bidding could be 'German assault 1' instead of 1 spades.
or 'American assault 2' instead of '2 hearts' etc...
each player in the game would have all 4 sides in there hand, just like spades clubs hearts and diamonds, you can think of your 2 sides being axis against the 2 allies, every trick you win could be thought of as an attack on the enemy or a defence from them, so if you are allies and you win an axis trick that would be a defence won.
The old AH card game Atlantic Storm (http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/259/atlantic-storm), and it's Pacific themed successor, reportedly have some similarities to Bridge, and maybe some other trick-taking card games. I don't play Bridge, so I wouldn't know.
I've owned Atlantic Storm since the late 90s, and played quite a few games of it back then in a beer & pretzels situation (heavy emphasis on the beer part). Haven't pulled it out in many years, but I recall the cards were gaining noticeable wear.
It seems to have had a decent reputation for the aforementioned Beer-Pretzel factor over the years.
I am just going to look it up on geek now thanks Nef
Quote from: gameleaper on October 02, 2016, 05:43:06 PM
I am just going to look it up on geek now thanks Nef
Heh! Sorry to be a wet blanket. As you said, much of everything has already been done in some form. But there is always room for improvement or something that does it a bit different.
Plus it's difficult finding anything on BGG unless you know the exact name. Their search feature isn't very reliable.