Renegade Game StudiosThe Fox in the Forest Card Game (0574RGS), A Trick-Taking Game for 2 Players, Age 10 and Up, 30 min Playing Time, Compact Size is Perfect for Travel, Teen & Adult Game Night

It's like playing "war" but with added strategy of not wanting to win EVERY hand, so you get more points. Great quick game. Easy to learn.

Most -- but not all -- cards are divided between the two players. Players can change the trump suit and occasionally exchange a card with the undealt cards. This means that the round is always capable of changing. This keeps the game from feeling stale, as many two-player games can feel.

My husband and I and the rest of my family who is now grown up, always love playing games. I was looking for something other than that gammon or cribbage that could be played by two people. Since we love playing spades with the family when they’re here, I decided to try this one. Fox in the forest is very pretty, easy to learn, and plays similar to spades, but the special Cards And the different goals make it more fun. It’s good if you watch a tutorial on how to play and then play it at least four times to begin to understand the strategy. It’s a little more complicated than it looks to get the feel of it. In spades all you’re doing is trying to get exactly the amount of tricks that you bid you could take. In fox in the forest you were trying for a targeted area and trying to keep your partner in another part targeted area by using the special cards. I really recommend it for people who want to play a game that doesn’t take very long. It’s the perfect thing to throw in your suitcase for those nights in a motel where you order dinner in and don’t wanna watch TV.

Now that my husband and I are proud parents of a 2 year old, we found we had little time to spend setting up and playing our favorite games. This little card game fit the bill. It's easy to learn and plays like a variation of War. It has great replayability and is not too complex. It also has minimal pieces (just cards) for a wandering toddler to "borrow". Overall, we like the game and had fun. I wouldn't say it's our favorite, but it is enough to be entertaining for a short time and is very portable.

My wife loves games you play with a traditional deck of cards, and I love deck builders and games like Love Letter (okay, she likes Love Letter too), but often we are at odds because I'm always in the mood for the latter and the former bores me. This is a nice compromise.Based on the item page I thought this was a game with every card having powers (like Love Letter, Brave Rats, etc) but no, some of the cards are just regular playing cards of a suite. Since there are only three suites and the suites are simplified the game has to be very well balanced to pull this off and it does. Gameplay is easy to learn smooth, and enjoyable. It's a little tricky to figure out if you want to win or lose every hand but that's where the strategy comes in (is the other player letting you win or trying to beat you?). You are supposed to play for a certain number of points/rounds but you can just play one round if you feel like it or keep playing if you're having fun, and that's a nice feature.I love the artwork but I just wish there was more of it or way I wish the unusual art was played up a bit more (the young girl wood-cutter was my favorite). Likewise I like the theme, I just wish there was more (maybe a complete story of some sort that playing the game helps to tell?).As it is, the 75% greatness of this game that feels a little incomplete is solidified by the fact that it's well balanced, high quality, and CHEAP. If the price were higher I would subtract a few points based on the fact that the game could be fleshed out a little, but at this price it's a steal. Grab it and enjoy along with Lost Cities and Guillotine.

Two handed trick games are rare. How about a game where you get punished for taking too many or too few. Throw in some special cards to mess up your partners plans. Simple rules, room for skill as well as the luck of the draw. I sleeved the cards for the last game I bought because I knew how much it was played.

A decent game, but you can kind of play this game with a deck of regular cards. It is more attractive to the eyes, but if you are looking for a more strategic game, this may not be the one. It is easy to carry around and the game is fast paced which are the positives.

My wife and I are always on the lookout for 2-player games. This one is pretty cool. Relatively easy to learn, and figuring out the right strategy for each hand has lots of balance between strategy (which can shift in an instant because of all the specialty cards) and luck. Each game is fairly quick so playing a “best 2 out of 3” at one sitting is manageable. Highly recommended.