The Fox is the Forest is a sequencing Whist-style game with some novel twists for two-players. You aim to play highest cards of a matching suit, using trumps and special ability cards when you need to. It's a unique two-player tussle, not only due to the reduced card-set and special abilities, but because winning too many hands can actually score you fewer points.

This looks like a classic trick-taking game with a forest animal theme, but hides within some novel twists. For starters there are only three suits, so you get lots of trump cards. Then, all the odd numbered cards each have special abilities that change the way things play out. For example, playing a Fox (3) card changes the Trump suit and the Swan (1) card means you lose a trick, but still play first on the next one. Finally, winning 0-3 ("Humble") and 7-9 ("Victorious") tricks earns bonus points for the round, but if you win 10 ("Greedy") you score nothing.

As you play, you battle to win tricks but need to keep an eye on how many you win. This means you need to use the special abilities at just the right time so you don't win too many or too few. First to score 21 points wins, so you play several rounds.

The result is a game that adds a new dimension to Whist. It's an incredibly well-balanced two player game, where one or two cards played at the right time can alter the number of tricks won or lost in that round and therefore the score in the overall game. You never quite know quite who the winner is going to be until the very last card is played.