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TrickPals
A play-together card game for ages 6–8: help Otto the otter deliver the moonlit mail before the Storm rolls in. Lead a card, Pip the owl follows — the higher card of the led suit wins the trick (a night 🌙 card beats any suit). Win the tricks that carry your parcels ⭐ to deliver them. Pip flies at night to fight the Storm but never grabs your parcels — you win together. No chat, no losing to a friend. On-device; nothing leaves your device.
▶ Play it nowBuilt for sittings of about 15 minutes on the screen. That is our design budget, not a measurement.
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Mentored by Otto
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Meet the cast
TrickPals has a tiny friendly crew who make cooperative trick-taking something a six-year-old can hold: Otto the otter is the courier who wins the led suit to deliver his parcels; Pip the owl flies at NIGHT (trump beats any suit) to push the Storm back, and never grabs your parcels (the Team Rule — the helper can't carry you); the Storm is the shared threat that creeps closer each round; and Mabel the postmaster is the shared goal every parcel reaches (their illustrated storybooks are on the way).
Otto
the courier — wins the trick in the LED suit to deliver his parcels (highest-of-the-led-suit wins; lead your parcel high)
Pip
The owl — flies at NIGHT (trump beats any suit) to push the Storm back, and never grabs your parcels; if forced to catch one it only helps up to what you delivered (the non-carry Team Rule)
the Storm
The shared threat — creeps closer at the end of each round; a night flight pushes it back (deliver your mail promptly)
Mabel
The postmaster — the shared goal; every delivered parcel reaches her mailbag (win together)
What's inside
Learning goal
A play-together card game for ages 6–8: help Otto the otter deliver the moonlit mail before the Storm rolls in. Lead a card, Pip the owl follows — the higher card of the led suit wins the trick (a night 🌙 card beats any suit). Win the tricks that carry your parcels ⭐ to deliver them. Pip flies at night to fight the Storm but never grabs your parcels — you win together. No chat, no losing to a friend. On-device; nothing leaves your device.
Mentored by Otto — no data leaves the device.
How TrickPals handles your kid's data
- ✅ All progress, settings, and AI-generated content stays on the device
- ✅ No analytics, no tracking, no third-party SDKs
- ✅ Free — no ads, no in-app purchases
- ✅ No personal information collected from children — in line with COPPA (updated by the 2026 FTC amendments)
- ✅ No chat with strangers — play-together rooms use a short code and preset emotes, never typed messages