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A quick rundown of this product’s key features:
Lightweight cooperative card game
Ages 14 and up, For 1 to 4 Players, Playable in about 30 minutes
Designed by Bryan Burgoyne, Illustrated by Jack Gregory
Number of players: 1-4
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Reviewer: Josh
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Like theme and gameplay!
Review: I’ve played this game twice, only in solo mode. I’ll start by saying I really like the theme…I’m a moderate or so game player and it’s not a common theme that I’m aware of. And the gameplay is enjoyable, too, as long as you’re okay with taking some hits in a game. Those Frostbite cards can be brutal (for a comparison of what it “feels” like, think Outbreaks in Pandemic). For theme and gameplay, I like it a lot and you can really embrace the scenario of trying to survive a cold night.My main criticism, and what may lead me to not play this game again, is the winning condition of ALL kindling cards being played. It feels like it doesn’t matter what you do the first 90%+ of the game, but if you get stuck with one stinker card on the bottom of the deck, you’re hosed. A lot of build up for a potentially crumby ending. To be fair, I do prefer those conditions over, say, “If you have 3 kindling cards or less remaining, you win!” I do appreciate what would feel like a more total victory in having no kindling cards remaining. But it almost feels like the game play could adjust slightly at the very end to account for that last hour of the night or something…maybe you’re “running on adrenaline” and card values or rules are slightly adjusted, I don’t know.I plan to carefully review the rulebook at least once more to make sure I’m not missing something, and, if so, I’ll come back and revise my review. I will add, I think most of my criticism stems from having initially liked the game so much until I came to the realizations I did. I really did like it at first and still want to like it. Because of that, I might try out my own adjustments at some point since I think it could be worth it for this game. But my current position is that I probably wouldn’t recommend this game unless you’re okay with making some house rule changes yourself or don’t mind losing most times, including scenarios where you feel you play very well but there’s nothing you could’ve done to overcome a poor draw at the very end. I’m not opposed to custom/house rules sometimes, I’d just always prefer the makeup of the game is so that I don’t feel I have to.Hope this helps someone!Edit: 11/29/2023Originally 3*, now 5*. I didn’t give up on this game. I’ve replayed maybe 5 more times since my previous review and I’m glad I did. I really enjoy this game now. Once I familiarized, l was able to tweak some strategies and understand how I could better control the game outcome. I’ll keep playing and would recommend this to anybody so long as they’d be willing to play maybe 4-5 times to familiarize. Glad I stayed with it!
Reviewer: Elle
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Perfect solo game
Review: I really love this as a solo game. Makes me think but I find it relaxing at the same time. There is some luck but lots of strategy as I get better with each play. Have only won once (out of 5 plays so far). Perfect with candles!
Reviewer: Cory in AZ
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Good filler game
Review: I really like the theme and game mechanics. I have only played a few games at a 2 and 3 player-counts and have lost every one. I certainly don’t mind losing games, but I suspect that the ability to win is based more on the luck of the card order versus actual strategy. Don’t misunderstand my criticism, I do like this game and recommend it. It is very unique, well made, well designed, easy to teach, and only takes a few minutes to play. It is a memorable experience best played between other games.
Reviewer: D. M. Schiewer
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Fun but difficult filler
Review: If you like hidden information co-op games add this to your list!
Reviewer: New In Shrink
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Battling the cold has never been harder
Review: The Coldest Night is a cooperative card game that for me has ended up being one of the most challenging games to beat that I’ve ever played. That challenge is what has kept me coming back to this lightweight, easy to set up and relatively simple to play game.There is a light theme present in the game, with players struggling to survive the cold by burning anything they can get their hands on. Players make their way through the card deck usually with the intent on keeping the fire burning as hot as possible. The mechanics of the cards work in an interesting way, they have an ash value on them and a heat value, to burn an item your fire must be hot enough to meet or exceed its ash value. Many cards even though they will keep the fire going require more energy to burn than what they contribute. A cloth doll needs a fire that is burning at least at a 3 in strength, but burning the doll only results in a +1 to the fire intensity. You will be faced with difficult choices of having to burn old shoes or rags to keep your fire from going out, all the while knowing that you’re weakening your fire. A weakened fire causes other issues as you play, when you have less than 3 cards in play you will suffer from frostbite and have to draw a card which places restrictions on the cards you can play or the bonuses you may receive from them.Like I said this is a challenging game, I honestly think it might be a little bit too hard to actually win regularly. The random shuffle of the cards and the mechanics between heat and ash values make for games that sometimes I think cannot be won. It is almost like playing Solitaire in a way, the amount of luck in the draw can make some games impossible to complete. With sometimes having no choice at all in which card you can play there isn’t a lot of meaning behind your turns and I find that a frustrating.I do enjoy this game, both at 2p and solo play it has provided a lot of actual game time. I have less experience with it at 3 or 4 players but it performs well at those counts, I do think it helps a bit to have the cards more spread out among more players. It takes a few games to get the hang of it and begin seeing some of the patterns and possibilities for you to try and survive, and it is a very exciting win when it does happen. There are some neat cards mixed into the deck where your fire “dwindles” and I liken those to the Epidemic cards in Pandemic. These cards come out and cause a lot of trouble that you have to always be preparing for and be ready to try and recover from them when they occur. Several of the frostbite cards also have what I think are creative alterations to how you play the game and feel rather thematic to being in the cold. I particularly like one where players can’t speak anymore because they are so cold, it and others are a nice touch to the overall game.An extremely solid game overall for how much gameplay you can get out of it and it is one I’ll probably play more of at 3 and 4 players in the future.
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