In Trickerion, players are rival stage illusionists facing off in a grand competition for fame and fortune. They will assemble a team of apprentices and specialists, learn intricate magic tricks, acquire necessary trick components, and schedule their tricks in the Theater to create breathtaking performances at the end of each week, represented by one game round.

Trickerion is a medium-heavy, Euro-style strategy game. Its core mechanism is worker placement with simultaneous action selection and an action point allocation system.