Faraway (2023)
(2023)Catch Up Games, Pandasaurus Games
Faraway is a compact set collection card game where players explore a mysterious continent by playing a row of 8 cards from left to right. The clever twist comes at the end of the game when you score your cards in reverse order (from right to left), forcing you to carefully plan your journey and fulfill character conditions backwards.
The Verdict
based on 28 reviews
The reviewer praises Faraway as a brilliantly quick card game where players build a tableau from left to right and then score it backward. He highlights its clever puzzle design, noting it earned a rare five-star rating from his wife.
Faraway is a clever tableau-building card game where players lay out cards from left to right, only to evaluate and score them in reverse order. This unique puzzle creates fascinating strategic tension and tough decisions.
Grant Lyon highlights the clever reverse-scoring mechanism and tactical card-drafting of Faraway, making it an engaging and fast-paced game.
Faraway is a clever, fast-paced card game featuring a unique reverse-scoring mechanic that offers deep strategy in a tiny box. Despite some card-draw luck and a brief learning curve, it delivers a fresh and highly engaging puzzle.
Faraway is a fabulous and addictive card game that turns traditional mechanics on their head by requiring players to score their cards in reverse order, offering a delightful and brain-burning challenge.
The reviewers from Legends of Nerdvana share their thoughts on Faraway, evaluating its component quality, theme, rules, and overall gameplay experience.
Faraway is a clever and visually appealing card game featuring a fresh reverse-scoring mechanism that demands careful forward planning, though heavy card luck and a counterintuitive learning curve can pose hurdles for new players.
Faraway is a charming, quick card game offering a clever and satisfying puzzle. Players draft a row of eight cards, but score them in reverse order while paying strict attention to resource costs.
Faraway is a clever and fast-paced card game where players build a row of eight locations and score them in reverse order. Despite a paper-thin theme, the brain-burning tactical decisions and reverse-scoring mechanism make it thoroughly deserving of its hype and accolades.
Designers Johannes Goupy and Corentin Lebrat have created a game that could have been an utterly mediocre tableau building, but in one deft, creative, and highly imaginative way, they have turned Faraway into something special.
BoardGameCo reviews Faraway, highlighting its clever reverse-scoring mechanic, tight strategic choices, and high replayability.
Faraway is a brilliant and thematic small-box card game featuring a clever backward-scoring puzzle and deep decision-making that ultimately edges out the competition.
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