Faiyum (Friedemann Friese)

The second big-box game from Friedemann in 2020. Set in Ancient Egypt, it's about developing the eponymous artificial basin (which provided some control over the Nile's floodwaters). Two things will get in your way: the other players and managing your hand of action cards. The crocodiles are less of a problem... £38.00.
 

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Faiyum: Privileges (Friedemann Friese)

This expansion adds an interesting twist with cards that provide one-off or permanent advantages. Shuffled into the deck, they are bought in the usual way, but not recycled: £12.00.
 

A Fake Artist Goes to New York (Jun Sasaki)

Bonkers party game where players try to illustrate a word co-operatively, taking turns to add a bit to the drawing. The problem is that the 'fake' doesn't know what the word is, but must try not to be identified. It's clever fun: £15.00
 

Fancy Feathers (Fasanerie) (Friedemann Friese)

A two-player card game (you can add more players with extra copies of the game) about collecting fancy pheasants. Each type scores points or incurs penalties in its own way, so careful what you collect: £8.00. (I have the It's getting colourful expansion as well.)
 

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Fast Sloths (Friedemann Friese)

A game of racing sloths? Doesn't seem likely! In fact, the sloths hitch rides on other, passing animals. Players collect and manage cards to move those other animals, shifting their sloth as they go. Brilliant: £32.00.
 

Fear – Fast Forward #1 (Friedemann Friese)

First – and simplest – in an innovative series of card games, the crucial thing to remember is not to shuffle the cards! It plays in 10 minutes, but you'll want to play several games and see how it changes: £15.00.
 

Finca (Wolfgang Sentker and Ralf zur Linde)

Nicely illustrated new (2024) edition of this game of fruit farming on Mallorca. You don't just have to grow stuff, you need the donkey carts to get your produce to market: £26.00.
 

Findorff (Friedemann Friese)

Time to visit Friedmann Friese's home town of Bremen, specifically the Findorff district, in the 19th century and aid in developing the town during the Industrial Revolution. Sound simple? You try it: £45.00.
 

Fire! (Friedemann Friese)

A solitaire game that bears a passing resemblance to Space Invaders. You just need to power your guns and keep shooting down the approaching aliens: £15.00.
 

Firefly: the Game (Aaron Dill, John Kovaleski and Sean Sweigart)

This highly atmospheric science fiction game does an excellent job of reproducing the spirit of the original TV show. Players run their own spaceship from planet to planet, picking up work where they can and dodging the authorities (and the really bad guys!). It's tremendous fun: £35.00. (I also have the special edition which adds a fifth player and a few goodies – £45.00 – and lots of expansions.)
 

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First Train to Nuremberg (Martin Wallace)

This is a rather different railway game as players hire trains rather than buy them, ship goods and people and hope to sell out before their railway starts losing money. It's a development of Martin Wallace's Last Train to Wensleydale, which is also included in the box: £28.00.
 

Fishing (Friedemann Friese)

An ingenious trick-taking card game from FF. You score by winning tricks and the first hand is straightforward. Players' next hands are drawn from the cards they won with new cards coming into play that add higher values, trumps and more: £12.00.
 

Flotsam Fight (Tomoyuki Maruta)

It's all about rescuing the junk floating in the sea and stashing it in the lifeboats. And when I say junk, I mean your prized possessions of course: £15.00.
 

Fortress – Fast Forward #2 (Friedemann Friese)

My favourite of the Fast Forward series, this one is all about conquering castles. Well, until the rules change again, it is: £15.00.
 

Fortune – Fast Forward #4 (Friedemann Friese)

Just collect the right symbols to maximise your score, but watch out as the cards change the rules as you go: £12.00.
 

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Freaky Frogs from Outaspace (Friedemann Friese)

A solitaire game of playing an old-time pinball machine – which has the crazy science fiction theme. The aim is to keep playing as long as possible. And possibly earn a multi-ball game: £13.00.
 

Free Ride (Friedemann Friese)

An intriguing railway game from Herr Friese. Set across Europe, the railway network is pre-printed and it's up to players to build it, connecting cities, and use it to transport passengers: £38.00.
 

Free Ride USA (Friedemann Friese)

A development of Free Ride, this moves the railway action (building and delivering) to the USA with a little tweak to the rules: £40.00.
 

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FTW?! (Friedemann Friese)

A simple (?!) little card game. When somebody only has one card left in their hand, you score the value of your highest card. Less the value of all the others. Oops! £8.00.
 

Fugitive (Tim Fowers)

Second edition of a terrific two-player game of cat and mouse. Is the Marshal hot on the trail of the Fugitive or has the Fugitive confused things enough to get away? £23.00.
 

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Fuji Flush (Friedemann Friese)

Fast-paced card game where the goal is to get rid of your cards first, but you may have to help other people along the way. Oh, it's clever: £8.00.
 

Full Throttle (Friedemann Friese)

Racing mopeds! But not driven (ridden?) by the players. Instead, the players bet on which machine/s will do best in the race. The mopeds' movement is driven by cards, the same cards the players use to place their bets. Clever: £18.00.
 

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Funkenschlag (Power Grid): Outpost (Friedemann Friese)

I'm fascinated, the central mechanisms of Power Grid merged with mechanisms and the setting from the veteran game, Outpost. So you're building power plants for human colonies on a new planet. With knobs on: £47.00.
 

Gads Hill 1874 (Stephan Riedel)

Intriguing deduction game that applies the mechanisms of Old Town to the town of Gads Hill, scene of a train hold-up by the James Younger gang. Depopulated and run down over the years, the town has now almost completely disappeared. The challenge is to reconstruct it and identify the key locations for the Younger gang's escapade: £16.00.
 

The Gang (John Cooper and Kory Heath)

Co-operative Texas Hold ’Em Poker. No, it really is! Essentially, you play Poker to the Texas Hold ’Em rules, but ‘bet’ to establish the ranking of everyone’s hands. Get it right and everybody wins! Which is not often in my experience: £14.00.
 

Garden Gnomes Society (Gartenzwerge e.V) (Roman Mathar)

This is your chance to breed garden gnomes and be first to get that elusive gold cap gnome! The theme is bonkers, the game is clever and it's all good fun: £6.00.
 

The Glade (Richard Breese)

The delightful illustrations of forest flora and fauna suggest a straightforward tile-laying game. Oh boy. Your tiles have to make sets with their neighbours, which turns out to be quite tricky: £36.00.
 

Gotham Race (2nd ed) (Stephan Riedel)

A wonderfully bonkers race game where players can't be sure which racer they're moving – or in which direction. On the other hand, you can win by crossing the finish line backwards! Great fun: £10.00.
 

Grand Austria Hotel (Virginio Gigli and Simone Luciani)

You get just 14 actions to bring enough guests into your hotel's rooms. And prepare the rooms, hire staff, buy in food and drink and butter up the Emperor. Easy! £48.00.
 

Greenland (3rd ed) (Phil Eklund)

New and revised edition (it now supports up to four players) of this brutal game of survival in inhospitable medieval Greenland. I find it a challenge every time I play: £30.00.
 

Greenland board (Phil Eklund)

A double-sided folding board that provides a playing surface (and some player aids) for these games. One side is for Neanderthal, the other Greenland: £18.00.