For Northwood! A Solo Trick-Taking Game
2021Wilhelm Su
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Mostly reviews and playthroughs. For Northwood! A Solo Trick-Taking Game is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 33 reviews, 14 how-to-play guides, 22 recorded sessions, and 7 unboxings.
1 players
15 - 30 min
Light weight: Learn it in minutes
From BoardGameGeek
For Northwood! Is a solo hand management and 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. With multiple difficulty levels, 24 rulers (12 used per game), and a 16-scenario challenge booklet, For Northwood! offers hours of gameplay with a new puzzle every time! Winner of *Best Overall Game* and *Jury Prize* in the 2021 BGG 54-card contest. Also winner of *Best Art*, *Best Solo Game*, and *Best New Designer*! -description from designer
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For Northwood! A Solo Trick-Taking Game has 76 videos from 58 creators: 33 reviews, 14 how-to-play guides, 22 playthroughs and 7 unboxings. They date from 2021 to October 2026.
To learn the rules, start with "For Northwood! 🦁 | Solo Board Game PaRTy!!! (Playthrough and Review/ Tutorial, yup!) 🎉" by Tabletop Tokki, which runs 29 min. For a quicker teach, "♠️ ¡POR NORTHWOOD!: Com s'hi juga? [tutorial]" by Aya_ZholvaX: Jocs de taula runs 5 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "For Northwood! Review: Tricky Business" by The Dice Tower. 28 creators have reviewed it. To see it played, watch "For Northwood - BGG Solo-Mode w/ Foster the Meeple" by BoardGameGeek, one of 22 playthroughs.
If you like it, try Loot the Loop, The Emissary, Skyway and The First Boba Tea Shop in London, also by Wilhelm Su.
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![The oldest trick in the book. For Northwood! [Solo Playthrough]](https://img.youtube.com/vi_webp/W_wEIGzIZBc/hqdefault.webp)
![️ ¡POR NORTHWOOD!: Com s'hi juga? [tutorial]](https://img.youtube.com/vi_webp/xG3FQD8orB4/hqdefault.webp)
![Per Northwood! (con gameplay) - Recensioni Minute [531]](https://img.youtube.com/vi_webp/1ykUJbLb8Dk/hqdefault.webp)
![The Emissary 2.0? For Northwood! [Solo Playthrough]](https://img.youtube.com/vi_webp/6NgoG2DNI9g/hqdefault.webp)
![Trick or take? For Northwood! [Solo Playthrough]](https://img.youtube.com/vi_webp/wEgmw7jKYlk/hqdefault.webp)
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About For Northwood! A Solo Trick-Taking Game
From BoardGameGeek:
For Northwood! Is a solo hand management and 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. With multiple difficulty levels, 24 rulers (12 used per game), and a 16-scenario challenge booklet, For Northwood! offers hours of gameplay with a new puzzle every time! Winner of *Best Overall Game* and *Jury Prize* in the 2021 BGG 54-card contest. Also winner of *Best Art*, *Best Solo Game*, and *Best New Designer*! -description from designer
Designer
Wilhelm Su
Artist
Wilhelm Su
Publisher
Self-published
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