Fast Flowing Forest Fellers

Steer a team of lumberjacks down a hex river, play cards to shove and block rivals, and reach the finish first.

Designer: Friedemann Friese
Published by: 2F-Spiele
Editions by: Rio Grande Games, Filosofia Éditions

Lumberjacks, a river and a finish line: this is a rafting race where everybody shoves everybody else. Each player runs two or three lumberjacks, but all their cards sit in one shuffled pile, so every card you play has to serve a whole team and you have to think about which lumberjack gets the move. On your turn you play a card and move one lumberjack along the hex river, pushing and blocking rivals as you go, because everything is allowed on the way to the finish. Six double-sided boards give dozens of river layouts with different obstacles, so no two races feel the same. Original German title Flussfieber, 2008, around half an hour.

Two or three lumberjacks per playerOne shared card pile for the whole teamSix double-sided boards, dozens of rivers

Who it's for

You like light racing games with a bit of shoving and blocking, and your group enjoys small mean moves.

Not for you if…

You want a calm, cooperative race or deep planning. Card draws and blocking make the order of finish swingy.

Vibe's take

Brisk, bumpy and cheeky. You are always weighing which lumberjack to move with the card you have, and shoving someone into the river current is half the fun.