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Pandasaurus Games  |  SKU: PANFOXCORE

The Fox Experiment (Standard Edition)

$64.95 CAD
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Description
Designer Elizabeth Hargrave
Jeff Fraser
Publisher Pandasaurus Games
Players 1-4
Playtime 60 mins
Suggested Age 10 and up
Expansion The Fox Experiment: 5-6 Player Expansion

In 1958, Demitri Belyaev and Lyudmila Trut started an experiment on domestication. From a large group of foxes, they selected the ones that reacted to humans with more curiosity and less aggression. In each generation, they selected only the friendliest pups to become parents — hoping to recreate the process that originally led to domestication thousands of years ago. The experiment made stunning progress. Even though the foxes were chosen only for their friendliness, they soon started to get many of the physical traits that we associate with domesticated animals — like spots, floppy ears, and curly tails. As communication opened up, the foxes made major contributions to our understanding of how these traits are expressed. The experiment continues to this day.

In The Fox Experiment, you’ll breed your own domesticated foxes. In each round you'll select a pair of fox parents who have certain traits. You'll gain those specific trait dice, roll them, then try to move them around to make complete trait symbols which you'll then mark off on your pup card. You'll then gain trait tokens depending on how many traits you marked off which you'll use to upgrade tracks on your personal player board.

At the end of the round, the previous generation of foxes will be cleared and all of the new pups will be moved to the kennel — thus becoming candidates to be chosen as parents in the next round. The game ends after 5 rounds and you'll gain points for pleasing patrons (end of game scoring bonuses), studies completed (personal player objectives), if you ever won the friendliest fox award, upgrades on your personal player board, and extra tokens. The player with the most points wins!

—description from the publisher

Customer Reviews

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Rémi Savard
A sweet, somewhat relaxing, beautiful game...

I'll start with a caveat right away: this game involves dice, be it a few or a gratuitous quantity. If you don't like games that involve a good dose of randomness (which can, to a certain extent, be mitigated), stay away from those cute little foxes I MEAN LOOK AT THOSE FACES HOW COULD YOU STAY AWAY????

*cough*

Sorry.

The Fox experiment charmed us from the moment we opened the box. The setting, historically accurate (to some degree, I imagine), is new, and darn pretty. Could the game system be completely reskinned to something else? Hell yeah. But the designers went with this one, and it's fine by us.

Gameplay: fluid, pleasant, not too much administration despite what we initially thought. Once you're used to the tasks in-between turns, it goes quite smoothly. The game doesn't overextend its welcome, either. We always found ourselves wanting one more round - generally a good sign!

The material is where we ding the one star. Cards are paper thin. If you shuffle carelessly, you just may ruin one. Plus being so thin, they're lighter, and therefore more liable to fly off with the slightest breeze. Dice are nice in general. The only one we found a tad meh is the friendliness (green) die, along with its token. Lackluster for us.

Overall, we really enjoyed our time with The Fix Experiment, and look forward to bringing it to the table again, preferably with more folks!

P.S. - Word to the wise: as tempting as it may be, don't constantly speak with an exaggerated Russian accent. Your partner may want to leave/divorce you.

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Kerri
Fun solo play

I purchased this game to play solo and it does not disappoint. Lovely art, great components.

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Jason
An interesting experiment

What a unique theme for a game. You can experience artificial selection in the game mechanics as you select foxes with the traits you desire, breed them and create new pups for the next generation. The game has a lot of simultaneous play which makes the game move quickly. There is also a fun “roll and write” mechanic where you roll dice for the various traits, match them and record the new traits on fox cards. Player interaction occurs each round as you draft against your opponents. Overall, a great game with lots of fun decisions.

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Derrick
Fun !

Wonderful theme. Excellent components. If you like rolling lots of dice, and breeding the cutest of little foxes, then this game is for you. Mid weight game with plenty of meaningful decisions and just the right amount of luck. Fun for any gaming group.
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