I think that I can safely say that trick-taking vs ladder climbing is the rogue-like vs rogue-lite of the board game world... It's a disctinction that means nothing to the majority of people but that in-depth genre fans are really invested in making EVERY time it comes up...
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Also quite true... though being the pedant that I am, I know that one involves bring a deck that I built on my own time...

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Ding ding! Having published a few of the former, it's something I need to mention when describing my games to people, especially those not in the hobby: - So you build a deck? Like in Magic: The Gathering?" - Well...
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