> Board game geeks do this often. They have seen so many games before that they learned to identify patterns in the rules and they learned names for those patte

> Board game geeks do this often. They have seen so many games before that they learned to identify patterns in the rules and they learned names for those patterns. Funnily, enough: <https://boardgamegeek.com/browse/boardgamemechanic https://boardgamegeek.com/browse/boardgamemechanic> You'll find "trick-taking" in that list.