The front is shifting. Behind enemy lines, soldiers cut off from command face a fate worse than defeat — capture, interrogation, and silence. These are the Lost Ranks: four Jacks separated from their armies, unable to fight their way back alone. A lone Spy moves through the chaos. Getting your operative home is a coup. Losing them to the enemy is a disaster. Lost Ranks is a team trick-taking game built on the tactical foundation of Spades and Whist. Two armies contest five high-value targets across a series of engagements — rescuing their own soldiers, seizing the enemy's, and maintaining the force strength to outlast the opposition. Every trick is a battlefield decision. Every captured Jack is a life that hangs in the balance. Coordinate with your teammate. Control the trump. Bring your soldiers home. —description from the publisher

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