Published on Apr 24, 2017 • Read 4 min.• 6356 viewsIsolated in a secret jungle, animals from all over the world come together to help human explorers in search of fruit juice recipes.A capilotracted theme certainly that this fabulous Fructis of the author with green hair Friedman Friese, but which contains a particularly juicy flavor when it is left to marinate (in its own juice) several parts in a row.5 fruits and mixed fruits a day, the maxim of Dr Friese StrawberrySo yes, the theme of this Fabulosa Fructus comes almost out of nowhere, but we'll admit that as soon as we start playing, we get hooked very quickly.We can also criticize Harald Lieske's illustrations for being very uneven (some animals are rather wobbly, in the absence of fruits and rather nice jungle decorations), but there too, we don't care.Because Fabulosa Fructus remains a good game.A game with a taste of flavor to come back to it, to serve me another one we do again!uneven but shimmering illustrationsWhat's good about this Fabulosa Fructus is that Friedemann Friese wanted to try his hand at Legacy (if that doesn't ring a bell, take a look at Pandémic Legacy or Risk Legacy).But Friedemann Friese doesn't like tearing up his cards, or putting stickers on forever.Friedemann Friese can't tolerate thinking that once you've done Legacy, it's over (even if it was his first love's game).And since Friedemann Friese is, in his spare time between two games, an explorer of playful possibilities (so take a look at 504 if you don't believe me), he looked for a way to play a Legacy that would not be final.A Legacy where you could, at any time, press reset and start all over again, as if nothing had happened, poof.various and varied gear, which will appear as the games progressIt is therefore on this concept that Fabulosa Fructus is born, a game whose interest is not to play one part, but several, over time.Indeed, each part will be different, bringing new surprises, new strategies and new brain nodes, each of these parameters being the direct consequence of the previous parts.And what's more, it's super easy to understand and very quick to consume play.This is where we find ourselves caught in the trap of the vicious circle of drinking: we immediately want to do it again, and do it again, and taste it again because there is always has a new taste... Lots of new tastes, in fact.Hours of saucy play before finishing the barrel, even.The object of the game is to collect 3, 4 or 5 fruit juices (depending on the number of players), by spending Fruit cards for this, and using the effect of Animal cards, which make up the playing area. .Each player starts with a hand of 2 Fruit cards (banana, coconut, strawberry, pineapple, grape) whose draw pile is placed not far from that of the Animal cards (that will be very important for the future).In the center of the table, we find the first 6 decks, of 4 Animal cards each, sorted by number (1 pile of 4 cards 1 - Rhinoceros, 1 pile of 4 cards of 2 - Gazelle, etc...).You have beautiful fruits, Madam the merchantOn your turn, you must move your splendid colorful animal meeple to one of the cards.You must necessarily move your meeple, standing still is prohibited.On your arrival square, you will then have the choice between activating the effect of the card OR making a fruit juice.meeples and mystery tokensTo make a fruit juice, you discard the indicated Fruit cards, flip the corresponding animal card to the fruit juice side and place it in front of you.Well done, you scored a point (by turning that poor animal into a juice bottle).And this is where the game will take its salt.Since an Animal card has just disappeared, bottled up, you will reveal the next Animal card from the draw pile.You then add a new possible box, and therefore a new purchase and a new effect.To be clear, the first purchase in the first game will spawn card 7. The second, third, and fourth purchases will also spawn card 7, since there are always 4 cards per Animal.On the fifth purchase, card 8 will therefore appear, with a new mechanic, combo, and purchase condition.Inevitably, cards will gradually disappear and the possible actions and combos will evolve during the game.all these animals will be juices!an unfriendly vegan game...At the end of the game, you put aside the cards transformed into juice and you keep the 24 Animal cards of the playing area. Your next game therefore starts where it was last stopped.It's up to you to think about whether you prefer to play for the win or break too dangerous combos to better get out of it the following games.If we wonder where Fabulosa Fructus takes us the first two or three times, as the basic mechanics are simple and the purchase costs low, the following parts will quickly become breathtaking and excite curiosity.Mechanics and combos are going to get trickier and trickier as more gear, and things like the market, thief, or miscellaneous tokens come into play.The cost of the cards will become more and more difficult to pay, and it will be necessary to use tricks to best use the effects of the cards before your opponents.The game is practiced both in pairs, where it is very tactical, and in groups, where the stress of the race for juice and blocking is violently felt.Friedemann Friese's essay on this à la carte Legacy that is always replayable and transformed and not just a little, always knowing how to renew itself (as soon as I get my hands on the logo, it's a TricTrac Approved).Fabulosa Fructus has the advantage of being able to totally depend on the choices of the players when it comes to good/bad cards to absolutely keep/destroy, and to be easily affordable for a playful neophyte.Finding new sensations in each short game, barely 15 minutes, makes it a pleasant game to replay to discover its full flavor.And there is plenty to do!Mr. Guillaume and I play it regularly at mealtimes, and after a good twenty games, we barely reach half of the Animal cards.And if we started again, we would probably act very differently, depending on the opportunities and strategies, the cards we remember coming, and the ones we regretfully forget.other tokens, more or less mysteriousAnd the adventure doesn't stop there.When Friedemann Friese's brain smokes (probably gaseous arsenic to color his skull hair), he smokes away!Thus, we can discover on the back of the box Frenchified by Edge that Fabulosa Fructus is the first game in the Fabulosa range.Yes, Friese's new passion is the Legacy-that-we-can-reboot, and we are already very curious to see what new green game will be able to exploit this simple and pleasant mechanism in a different way.Receive Tric Trac news directly in your mailbox.Follow our review of the games we've tested recently.Tric Trac is 40,000 members, 18,000 referenced board games, 160,000 player reviews, 1,800 videos of explanations and games... 22 years of sharing around board games :).Take part in the community, follow the news of your games, discuss about the game, follow your favorite games, create your lists, ...Subscribe to our newsletter, and stay informed of new content and activity on the site.