Nine’s are witches, for example, and are always trump. Odd numbered cards represent characters in the forest which have special abilities that mess with the normal rules. Adding to the challenge, and fun, are the special character cards.
Goals can shift from hand to hand as you reevaluate how many tricks you’re likely to win. It’s impossible for both players to earn the maximum possible points and the best possible outcome is to be humble and make your opponent greedy. This system is a clever way to make a two-player trick taking game competitive and fun. You’re defeated if you get 4, 5, or 6 tricks though you do get 1-3 points respectively. Take 7-9 tricks and you declare yourself “victorious,” also worth 6 points. Points are earned based on how many tricks are taken: grabbing 0-3 tricks makes you “humble” and is worth 6 points but 10-13 tricks means you’re “greedy” and get zilch. Each player is dealt 13 cards which means each hand has a total of 13 tricks, as you’ll play one card each turn. This trick taking game is played with three suits, each with values from 11 to 1. How’s about a little reference, scarecrow? A card is revealed and that suit is trump, meaning that it’s value is greater, and can beat, any other suit regardless of its numerical value. Fox in the Forest uses a common trope of trick taking games, the trump card. Players will each throw a card in the center of the table with the “best” card winning the trick, and that player taking those cards. If you’re unsure what that means, think Hearts or, if you’re in the upper Midwest, Sheepshead. I may have stumbled onto something with my latest conquest, The Fox in the Forest.įox in the Forest is a 2-player trick taking game. Card games, board games, dice games…it doesn’t matter, I just want fun games to play with my wife around home or with a friend now and then. I’ve been on a quest of late to find the best two-player tabletop games the world has to offer.
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