When a player reaches 21 points, they win! Otherwise, start a new round with the other player dealing. If you take 10 or more tricks, you actually will get zero points and your opponent will get six!Īt the end of the round, each player counts tricks and takes the appropriate number of score tokens as shown above. You have to manage the number of tricks you take. You want to get a large number of tricks, but you don’t want to get too greedy. Why does this all matter, when you’re just trying to take as many tricks as possible?īecause you’re not doing that. That could mean the decree suit will change as well, making the card they just played a trump card even though it wouldn’t have been otherwise. They don’t get to choose.Ī fox (3) will allow that player to exchange the decree card with a card in their hand. If you lead an 11, then the other player is forced to either play the 1 of that suit or play their highest card in that suit. For example, if only one 9 is played, then that card is considered the same suit as the decree card, even if it’s not. Love the artworkĪll of the odd-numbered cards have a special ability. The thing is, The Fox in the Forest adds a bit of a twist to all of that. Unless the second player laid down a card of the same suit as the decree card, in which case that player wins the trick. If the second player didn’t play a card of the same suit, then the lead player will win the trick. If they don’t have one, they can play any card they want.
The other player must play a card of the same suit if they have it in their hand. The person who didn’t deal leads the first trick. My grandmother had trouble holding 7 cards, much less 13. This is the “Decree” suit (otherwise known as trump). The dealer will deal each player thirteen cards and then turn over the top card of the pile that’s left. The Fox in the Forest comes with 33 cards (three suits of eleven cards each), two scoring cards, and a bunch of scoring markers in denominations of 1, 3, and 6. I’m not going to bog down the review to explain it all, but the rules (pdf) are great. This is a two-player trick-taking game that overcomes all of the limitations in regards to why trick-taking games are terrible with two players.įirst, I have to say that the rulebook does a wonderful job of explaining what a trick-taking game is, for those of you who aren’t sure. Meyer and Keith Pishnery, and published by Foxtrot Games and Renegade Game Studios. That game would be The Fox in the Forest, designed by Joshua Buergel, with art by Jennifer L. And with a game that will suit your needs! That’s a sly-looking fox Suddenly, an annoying-looking man appears with a Shamwow. I’m a big fan of trick-taking games, most especially the wonderful game Diamonds.īut what happens when you’re sitting there with only one person, trying to figure out what game to play? You’re both fans of trick-taking games, but there are only two of you.
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