So you might want to hold them back until the end of a match when players have used all of their high numbers, but the longer you hold them, the more likely it is that it’ll be forced out of your hand by an opponent leading the trick. There, he faces dangers more insidious than the simple eat-or-be-eaten laws of the forest: complacency, fear of the unknown, pack mentality, and loss of identity.

The Fox in the Forest is a two-player trick-taking game from Foxtrot Games and Renegade Games Studios, with designer Joshua Buergel.We’ve been slowly exploring the world of trick-taking games recently and The Fox in the Forest is somewhat unique, in that it is a two-player only game. Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from this site’s author and/or owner is strictly prohibited. Compete against other players online and test your cunning in 8 tricky challenges with customized rules.

If you end up going off the end of the track you are considered to have gotten lost in the woods and must add a woods token to the board. We easily beat the game the first time we played it, so we thought it was going to be too easy, but ever since then it has been a fun way for us to get defeated. Even though I don’t think this one belongs on my two-player date night game list, I still strongly recommend The Fox in the Forest Duet for anyone who’s into playing two-player games. Utilize the special abilities on the Fairy Tale characters to change the trump suit, lead even after you lose a trick, and more. It's a cooperative game where a pair will get better at playing as they get more familiar with their partner's style, which can be very satisfying when you beat a difficult game together.The Switch version of Fox n Forests sold more copies than other systems: three times more than PC and four times more than PlayStation 4. Destructoid (7/10) also enjoyed the graphics and user interface, though criticizing weapon restrictions. They let you swap the Trump suit card with a card from your hand, a powerful ability, one with more depth than I first imagined. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.