Description
In a village at the edge of the forest live a woodcutter and his daughter, and deep in the forest lives a witch famous for her potions. In The Fox in the Forest Deluxe you face your opponent in an enchanted forest, where a fox, a swan, a woodcutter and other characters help you win tricks. This is the deluxe edition of Fox in the Forest: it contains the base game plus three new modules.
How to play The Fox in the Forest Deluxe
Each player is dealt 13 of the 33 cards in three suits: bells, keys and moons. A face-up decree card sets the trump suit. You play 13 tricks. The player who leads may play any card, and the other player must follow suit if they can. The highest trump wins the trick; if no trump was played, the highest card of the suit led wins. Odd-numbered cards have special abilities: the fox swaps the decree card, if you lose a trick with the swan you still lead the next one, and treasures score points.
At the end of each round you score points for the number of tricks you won. Up to three tricks or seven to nine tricks score six points, while ten or more score nothing. The game ends after the round in which someone reaches 21 points.
Why you will love it
- You can win by being modest: just a few tricks score as much as seven to nine, while greed does not pay.
- The special cards change every game. The tree forces your opponent to play a random card, and the fairy lets you take a card from their hand.
- Each round, the objective cards reveal two new tasks worth bonus points, while the poison cards replace the eights and cost a point to whoever wins them in a trick.
- You can use the modules separately or together, and agree to shorten the game to 16 points or extend it to 35.
Who is The Fox in the Forest Deluxe for
The Fox in the Forest Deluxe is a two-player game for ages 10 and up, and a game takes about 30 minutes. It is an easy card game for couples and friends who enjoy trick-taking. The ability text on the cards is in English, but there is little of it, and two rules summary cards help you during play.
What you might not like
The game is for two players only, so it may not suit those looking for a game for a larger group.
What is in the box
- 33 playing cards (1 to 11 in bells, keys and moons)
- 9 special cards
- 3 poison cards
- 16 objective cards
- 17 acrylic score tokens
- 2 rules summary cards
- rulebook
