For Northwood! Is a solo precision trick-taking game. Your objective is to peacefully unify the kingdom of Northwood through conversations with their rulers. Over eight rounds, you must visit eight animal fiefs and engage their rulers in dialogue (tricks). Each ruler's suit represents the trump for that fief. Each ruler also requires you to win an exact number of tricks to join your alliance, so the game gets harder as your options dwindle.
You start with four allies, each with an ability that you can use once per visit. These abilities can make you draw, discard, or otherwise manipulate your hand to help you hit the target score. Once you've won a ruler over, you can pull them in to substitute temporarily for one of your allies, if you need a more specific set of abilities to tackle the harder fiefs.
Three of the fiefs have stars on their back. In the standard game, you flip over all fiefs you've won after visiting all eight; you win the game if you reveal all three stars. You can still win even if you don't win over all the rulers, but only an eight-fief sweep can assure victory. In the expert rules, you MUST win all the fiefs, so you must maximize your abilities and sequencing well! Each ruler is double-sided, so the game offers a lot of ability combinations and a new puzzle every time.
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"For Northwood! offers a wonderful campaign with surprising scenarios filled with fun elements like comedy tours with excellent solo trick-taking elements." [SGOYT]
"For Northwood! is like a familiar friend with a charming theme, interesting trick-taking gameplay, and no stress amidst forest animal rulers ready to converse." [SGOYT]
"For Northwood! A Solo Trick-Taking Game offers a wonderful solo experience with adorable artwork and thoughtful choices within a kind, peaceful sort of theme." [SGOYT]
"For Northwood! A Solo Trick-Taking Game is a fun and non-confrontational experience about conversing with animals in the woods with some very clever mechanics." [SGOYT]
"For Northwood! is a delightful game about conversing with animal rulers by winning tricks and bringing in unique ally abilities to sway opinions." [SGOYT]