Fast Forward: FEAR

A quick ghost-chasing card game with a presorted deck, where the rules unfold as you play.

Designer: Friedemann Friese
Published by: 2F-Spiele
Editions by: Stronghold Games, Hobby World, Arclight Games, Edge Entertainment, White Goblin Games, Conclave Editora

Fast Forward: FEAR is a quick hand-management card game about chasing ghosts, and the twist is how you learn it. You open the box, grab a few friends and start playing without reading a rulebook, because the deck is presorted and the rules reveal themselves as the cards come out. It uses the Fable Game system, so it takes ten to fifteen plays before your group has seen every card and rule. Then you can reset the deck and hand it to a new group, who get to discover it all over again. In the meantime you push your luck, bluff, and try to scare each other just enough. It is the first of four very different games in the Fast Forward series.

No rulebook, rules unfold as you playReusable: reset the deck for a new groupAbout 15 minutes per game

Who it's for

You like discovering a game together rather than reading rules, and you want something short for two to five people.

Not for you if…

You want to know every card in advance or play the whole thing in one sitting. It is built to be uncovered over many games.

Vibe's take

Light and fast, with that fun uncertainty of not knowing what is in the deck. Each game feels like opening a new envelope.