Description from the publisher: Poison is a trick taking card game for 2 – 6 players which will last around 20 minutes. Set in a high class cocktail party players each lay Drinks cards of differing suits trying to win tricks by playing the highest card in the current suit. Winning tricks wins you points as does completing your open and hidden agendas which are different for every player. Unlike other trick taking games the trump suit in Poison is a bad thing that negatively affects you if you play it. It is literally a poisoned chalice. The player with the highest score after 9 hands wins the game.