Fast Sloths

Lazy sloths race across a resort by hitching rides on the other animals, in a hex-grid race you can win by being cleverly slothful.

Designer: Friedemann Friese
Published by: 2F-Spiele
Editions by: Stronghold Games, Hobby World, White Goblin Games, SUNNY BIRD

You are sloths on holiday at a country resort, and running around to collect tasty leaves is simply too tedious. So you come up with a plan: let the other animals carry you. The resort is full of energetic animals who happily give lifts, and your job is to hop on the right one at the right moment and get carried across a hex-grid landscape toward the finish. It is a race, but a very particular one: you use your hand of cards to move the animals, and every helpful move can also help your rivals. Think of hitchhiking by committee. Fast Sloths is called Faultier in German, and it suits eight-year-olds and adults alike.

Sloths hitch rides on other animalsHex-grid board built from modulesA hand of cards drives the race

Who it's for

You want a funny animal race for a mixed group, with kids from eight and adults who enjoy a little route planning.

Not for you if…

You want deep strategy or a long game. This is a short race where a good ride can swing everything.

Vibe's take

Light, cheeky and a little tricky. You plan carefully how to do as little as possible, and the best moves tend to help someone else just enough to annoy you.