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Fruit Fight (which has also been released as No Mercy and HIT!) is a press-your-luck game in which you draw cards to get points — but you don't want to draw too often because then you might lose all your gains!
In more detail, the 90-card deck contains eleven cards each numbered 1-5 and seven cards each numbered 6-10. On a turn, you flip over a card from the deck and place it in front of you, stealing (if you wish) all the cards of the same number that are in front of other players. You can stop after each draw, or you can draw another card. If you draw a number that you already have lying in front of you — and you have at least three cards in front of you — then you discard all cards in front of you from the game.
At the start of your turn, if you have cards in front of you, place them face down in a personal score pile, then start your turn. When the draw pile is exhausted, all players place all the cards they have in front of themselves in their score piles, then they tally the numbers on all their scored cards. Whoever has the highest sum wins.
- Highly interactive and chaotic fun
- Engaging push-your-luck mechanic
- Stealing fruits from opponents adds excitement
- Guaranteed to get a third card without busting
- Can lead to players yelling at each other
- Risk of losing all collected fruits if you bust
- Fruit fighting
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Push Your Luck — Players draft fruits, trying to collect unique ones, but risk busting if they draw a duplicate.
- Set Collection — Collecting sets of unique fruits to score points and steal from others.
- Take That — Players can steal fruits from opponents' piles.
Video topics + discussion points
Quotes (from this video)
- Everyone seems to be chasing this new card game fascination.
- As a person who really enjoys when a game comes with great packaging and great graphic design, they really did, I think, a good job setting this product apart.
- This is one of those quiet games at the table. It's very thinky.
- This is like one of those rockus party games where everybody's going to be yelling at each other.
- I'm a sucker for packaged sets of games. I really am.
- Until next time though, make sure everyone has fun at the table, and we'll see you then.
References (from this video)
- Fast, frantic, entertaining
- Great for laughs and group energy
- Strong Cania trademark of quick teach-and-play
- Theme change may not appeal to purists
- Lighthearted, social interaction
- Fruit-themed push-your-luck party game
- Family-friendly, humorous
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- fast play — Rules are quick to learn; high interaction and speed
- Push Your Luck — Flip cards, try to avoid busting and push for better gains
- push-your-luck — Flip cards, try to avoid busting and push for better gains
- Set Collection — Collect cards to achieve goals and interaction with others
Video topics + discussion points
Quotes (from this video)
- Fives is a really spectacular balancing act of feeling like a traditional card game.
- Duos is quick to teach, quick to play, but it's still a really satisfying experience.
- Figment is the most non-gamelike game in the bunch.
- Fruit Fight is fast, frantic, and really entertaining.
- CMYK's Magenta series, I think that this is a slam dunk experience.