Renegade Game Studios Fox in the Forest, Multicolour (RGS00574)

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Back when I first played The Fox in the Forest, I was sceptical that anyone could make a two-player trick-taking game that would work. In America, I’d say every family member and friend in my parents’ and grandparents’ generations have played trick-taking at least once. If you play the highest card following suit you win, or you win if you follow the trump card instead.

But if you actually work your way through that list, there’s no denying the quiet alchemy in each of them. We are extremely privileged to have access to a wonderful on site forest located within our school grounds lovingly known as Fox Forest. All children in Forest class attend weekly and our rising three year olds in our Garden room join us! g the six of moons has a six on each corner and six moons in the centre), the odd cards all feature lovely art that evokes a world of magic and powerful nature spirits.

With a bit of strategy in place, it’s then about taking your opportunities, playing your special abilities carefully, and slowly forming a picture of the cards in your opponent’s hand to see if you can manipulate that knowledge to your advantage. Trick-taking is having a bit of a moment between this game (and its co-op sequel) and, probably more notably, The Crew coming out in the last few years.

Stephen Baily, Director of Culture, Leisure, and Regulatory Services, said: “This has been an exciting phase of our enhancing woodlands and green spaces element of the Hilsea Lines project, engaging with residents about their memories and connections with Foxes Forest, our hidden gem, which is rich in heritage and full of wildlife and biodiverse green space to explore. A round will fly by in just a few minutes and rounds are repeated until one player gains at least 21 points. Being a two-player trick-taking game each trick is incredibly fast, this is further reinforced by their only being three suits rather than the traditional four. I still think you can get a bad hand of cards in the game, but it’s not often and because the game plays over a number of rounds, it shouldn’t be a big factor. The Fox in the Forest is really compact and I think it’s a game that will travel with us a lot – we’ll just sacrifice the point tokens for a piece of paper and the game is just 33 cards.On top of all this, the odd-numbered cards all have special powers that may let you cycle your cards, change the trump suit, or even win bonus victory points. PlayStation Universe (9/10) acknowledged: "Chock full of an overwhelming supply of retro-gaming goodness, FOX n FORESTS will take retro fans back to a happier time with an all-new adventure to experience. That means the other player will get some information from you as you turn some of your cards around. This is just a very subtle variant on Hearts which is played with a standard deck of cards that can be bought for a pound and rules found online for free.