About Pass-A-Fist, from BoardGameGeek:
Pass-a-Fist
An overly violent party game for non-violent people.
About:
"Lets face it: we've all had violent thoughts toward our friends and family during game nights..."
Pass-a-Fist is a non-violent party game that allows you to finally live out some of those unhealthy urges (..hypothetically). It's fun, mildly addictive, and almost too easy to learn.
Contents:
The game consists of 162 cards and an 8-page rulebook:
- 55 Attack cards
- 55 Counter cards
- 42 Injury cards
- 10 Special cards
How does Pass-a-Fist work?:
How does a typical, figurative fist fight play out, you ask? Keep scrolling and we'll lay it all out!
To start, shuffle and divide the Fight cards and Injury cards into two separate piles. Players will draw from each throughout the game. Next, deal 5 Fight cards to each player.
To begin a turn (or, "round") - a player draws a Fight card, and then plays an Attack card on another player:
If at any point an Attack card lands on a player, that player can play a Counter card to stop it, or redirect it:
What about those fancy sounding Special cards we mentioned earlier? Those can be played at any time, and they allow players to do... well... special stuff:
If an Attack card lands on a player, and they don't play a Counter card, they place an Injury card face up in front of them:
Once a player has received three (valid) Injury cards, they're out of the game.
The last person standing wins!
Pass-a-Fist is a great time for anyone ages 12 and up (as long as you're okay with cartoonish violence, that is). The game has been very well received by a wide range of people, young and old, who've had a chance to play it. Turns out, everyone likes a pretend fight, especially if it results in some seriously good laughs.
The game is incredibly easy to learn, and only takes about 2 minutes to figure out. There's no mastering it, though - every new round brings about a different style of chaos. No two games are ever alike (...it's not even close).
The game plays pretty quickly (10-15 minutes) with a small group (4 players), or a bit longer (20-25 minutes) with larger groups (8-10 players). Easy game play and rules make it pretty adaptable to most groups, too. Play it with kids! Play it as a drinking game! Play it regularly and demand future expansions!
-description from the publisher
