If you prefer competitive games, try The Fox in the Forest. not that it applies to any of our Board's Edge Games household members!). This is a game specially designed for 2 players - and it's cooperative! Perfect for date night (especially when one partner is overly competitive. If you don't achieve that before the end of the third round, you lose. Once you have collected all the gems, you win. You also want to avoid leaving the track too often, because otherwise. If you don’t achieve that before the end of the third round, you lose. Another awesome feature of this game is the double-sided game board, which allows you to switch up the difficulty level. The challenge in The Fox in the Forest Duet is to collect gems along a track, which represents the path in the magical forest where the musician is kept. The challenge in The Fox in the Forest Duet is to collect gems along a track, which represents the path in the magical forest where the musician is kept. Being able to play the right card, especially if it has the right special ability, and moving the token to snag that last gem on the board is a great feeling. The Fox in the Forest Duet is easy to learn, teach, and play which makes it a great game for a casual game night. Your team has eleven turns (tricks) each round to win cards and achieve objectives, and you play three rounds overall.įor such a small game, this game packs a big strategy punch. You play (and win) with tricks (no, not like a tricky fox - like a card game!). Escape from the fairy woods with the musician and pick up the gems along the way - but don't get lost in the forest. On the way, you help foxes and other woodland creatures, who thank you by giving you special abilities. In this cooperative card game, you and your partner travel through the fairy woods on a mission to rescue a missing musician. Run out of time or head off the end of the path with no forest spaces in reserve, then you can just keep running in defeat or shuffle the cards and start the game anew.Quick Takes: 2 players 30 minutes Ages 10+ Level 1 ( easy to learn, easy to play and FUN!) About the game: One character allows players to exchange one card with each other, while another allows a player to change the decree card.Īt the end of a round, you add five gems to designated spaces, add a forest space to shorten the path, then receive a new hand of eleven cards from a freshly shuffled deck. The odd-numbered character cards have special abilities when played, allowing the trick winner to move the tracker in the direction of their choice or to ignore the footprints on one of the played cards so that you can land on just the right spot. If the tracker would move off the end of the path, return the tracker to the center of the path, then add a forest token to one end of the path, reducing the number of spaces upon which you can move (with you sliding gems next to this covered space next to the new end of the path). There are three suits with 10 cards in each suit ranked 1-10. The game deck consists of 30 playing cards. The Fox in the Forest Duet Allegro Review. The Fox in the Forest Duet is a two player trick taking game created and. 2 playersIn the innovative, two-player co-operative trick-taking game The Fox in the Forest Duet, players team up, helping each other move through the. If the tracker lands on a space next to a gem, the players collect one gem. THE FOX IN THE FOREST DUET INTRODUCTION OF THE FOX IN THE FOREST DUET. The winner of the trick moves the team tracker toward them a number of spaces equal to the number of fox footprints on the cards played. For each trick, one player leads a card, and the other must follow suit, if possible. Reveal one card as the 'decree' card to determine the trump suit. At the start of each round, shuffle the deck of thirty cards - which contains three suits, each numbered 1-10 - and deal each player a hand of eleven cards. To set up the game, place gem tokens on the designated spaces of the game board and the team tracker token in the center of the movement path. Collect all the gems before the end of three rounds of play, and you win! In the two-player, co-operative trick-taking game The Fox in the Forest Duet, players team up, helping each other move through the forest.

The fox in the forest duet