With each fight he wins you will improve his abilities, but defeats are also helping to get rid off of his worse habits. For those unfamiliar with the concept, the game revolves around building your play deck as the game progresses (read our review of Dominion for a great entry to this genre). Everything is done very professionally with this company and always lets you know every step of the process. Since you will go through the hazard deck three times, a lot of the strategy of the game lies in which cards you choose to encounter at various points throughout the game. Robinson Crusoe himself is represented by an 18-card starting deck, which you will be modifying during the game by overcoming a deck of hazards through three levels of difficulty until he is ready to face the two pirates in his final challenge.

Each time you cycle through the Robinson deck, Robinson will age, meaning a new detriment from the ageing deck is added to your deck. Friday will challenge you and strategy is key to ensuring you successfully survive everything the island has to throw at you!Such is the case for Friday, a solo game that sees the player in the namesake role of Friday, teaching the idiot castaway Robinson Crusoe how to hunt, fight and survive but ultimately, to get him off your bloody island so you can have some peace. Along with the cards, you also get a trio of play boards to help keep your game organized during play. I’m sure they’re ferns) as the level of difficulty requires and place them in a pool near the rest of the components.

During a turn, a player will play cards from their deck, attempting to snuff out the hazards presented to them. But, if you’re interested in seeing another designer’s take on deck-building, if you’re open to the idea of a deck builder that plays more like solitaire than Dominion, then Friday will be welcome in your collection. Friday, the second game in the Friedemann Friese Series: Freitag-Project (Friedemann Friese), is based on the story of Robinson Crusoe and his loyal partner Friday (Freitag). If you have no health tokens left and lose one more health point: game over; if you defeat both pirates, you win.

Quick, easy-to-learn game play and hard challenges means Friday will be a permanent staple in my board game collection.

If you lose the hazard, you lose life equal to the difference - but when losing life, you can also trash cards that you played based on how much life you lose (which can let you get rid of cards that are -1 strength). Failing to hit the number you need to complete a task means you have to pay the difference in these tokens, but it also means you can clear cards out of your deck that you don’t want. However, if the cards drawn from the Robinson deck fail to meet or exceed the hazard’s fight value, you will lose the difference between the two in health points. I specialize in solo game play and it is rare to find a solo only game which has the depth that this one does. I wanted more challenges to face, rather than just drawing another “Wild animals” or “Further exploring the island” card.A trail for those who would like to explore the displays more closely, using our supersonic magnifying glasses! Secondly I'd like to see some expansions and additional strategies that can be employed to keep it fresh.