Fairy Tale Inn

Now that the dust has settled and at least 2 out of the 4 boxes of mince pies have been cleared it’s time for another review (have played quite a few games just need to actually write the posts).

Game 4 of the “Bailey House Mini Xmas, not quite a marathon but let’s see how we go, Boardgameranza” is “Fairy Tale Inn” played by myself, Jack(7) and Toby(4).

The simple way to describe “Fairy Tale Inn” is “Connect 4 with Powers”. For some of you, this has already made up your mind if this is for you.

Also, I must stress “Fairy Tale Inn” is a 2-player game. We played here with the boys in a team against me.

Essentially you have the usual shop style where things come down a conveyor belt and you have to pay to take newer cards to ensure it is fair at all times.

On your turn, you take a tile and place it with the coloured side facing you (and a line art side on the reverse so the opponent can see what you have played). Some tiles resolve immediately (Jack – add a beanstalk tile on his head) and others are saved till the end (wolf – gain 3 coins if you have the most wolf tiles on this row). There are also bonuses you can gain from filling certain squares.

There are 8 fairy tale characters overall and all have different powers. You play with 5 at a time chosen randomly.

The game ends when 3 columns are filled. Most coins win. In this game, I annihilated the boy using the princess who gets +3 coins per other princess she is touching diagonally (as you can see I did pretty well with this. (makes a change for Toby not to come from behind and stealth beat me).

We really like this game and it makes me want an expansion with more fairy-tale characters. Sadly however as it is made by CMON (who usually make big miniature Kickstarter games) it is unlikely to happen.

Component Quality is high and it all fits away nicely into the box. It is also fairly good for promoting maths as some multiplication and addition are needed throughout, especially if working out what is the best play points-wise.

It is not cheap and normally revolves around the 30-35 marks but if this is the sort of thing you might like this is a great 2 player game.

PS: They should have called the game “Fairy Tale Tavern”… rolls off the tongue better.