Joraku Review – Go West!

It's a cliché to say that Japanese designers a) love trick-taking games, and b) do trick-taking better than anyone else, but when you play a game like Joraku you understand where it comes from.
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It's a cliché to say that Japanese designers a) love trick-taking games, and b) do trick-taking better than anyone else, but when you play a game like Joraku you understand where it comes from.

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