

Your turns are pretty simple where the main action is playing a kid card from your hand and taking the available actions. I immediately thought of when I saw the character on the yellow player board! Before we get into more details, here's a quick overview. Actually, a nice "mini game" for Fort is relating each kid to a person you know in real life. The art oozes with personality and whereas great art in some games can feel flat and shallow (due to a strong disconnect between theme and mechanics), the art in Fort creates an air of lighthearted fun of being a kid. If you're someone whose love for Leder Games is 50% (or more?) motivated by Kyle's art, you'll no doubt like Fort's overall aesthetic. Art is exactly what you'd expect from Kyle Ferrin. The box is light and compact and it's satisfying to carry it around because there's so much game potential. And similar to Root, this game also uses screen-printed wooden bits to add some personality. There isn't anything particularly wow-worthy in terms of production but the thick dual-layered player boards add a nice touch of quality to the game. So I was thrilled to hear Leder Games marketing Fort as a deck-building game about kids building forts and making friends (more on this later.) Plus, the game would allow plenty of opportunities for players to play off of one another's turns.Īfter about 5 plays in, here are my impressions: Affordable game that doesn't feel cheap.įort comes in a small box (camels from Camel Up 2nd Edition and a piece from Flick'em Up! for sense of scale.) If you own Just One or if you've seen the box from one of your obligatory Target visits to the board game aisle, they're very similar in size.

Always get your parents to go with you when out looking for cardboard.They'll be sure to have giant cardboard boxes you might be able to have Visit home improvement stores or department stores that sell furniture or large appliances.If either of your parents works in an office, there might be cardboard boxes that they could bring home for you.

See if your parents could bring some home from work.Make sure the boxes are dry and don't have any funny smells in them. Ask at a supermarket or big store to see if they have any old cardboard boxes that you could take.Here are a few other places you could find some cardboard: Ask your parents if they have any old boxes from furniture or moving that you could use to make a fort. You'll need at least two big cardboard boxes to make the main room of your fort, and even more than that if you want to make it bigger.
