Fairy is a fast, party card game where players use hand gestures.

Polite ones.

Fairy Rules Game Overview

At the start of the game a card is revealed.

Every round, a new card is drawn and revealed, and all players simultaneously make a gesture to guess whether the upcoming card will be higher value, lower value, same suit, or one of the special fairy cards.

Once the card is revealed, guesses are resolved: correct guesses earn points, wrong guesses lose points, and then a new card draws to begin the next round.

How Do You Win?

Players win by accumulating the most points by the time the third fairy card in the deck has been revealed.

The player with the most points wins.

Main Mechanisms

The core mechanism is push your luck. You score big if you ‘guess’ the suit or if you think the card will be one of the 3 fairies in the deck. More than if you guess the next card based on it being higher or lower than the previous card.

USP

Nothing really much here is unique. Betting based on a card draw has probably been done before.

Theme

There’s no real theme beyond a cute card-game with fairies.

Setup

Shuffle the 21-card deck, put scorecards in players’ hands, reveal the first card and you’re ready.

Components & Artwork

The box is tiny, the deck is small, and the cards are clean and simple.

Holding the score card in hand is weird.

Ease of Teaching

Very easy. Teach in under a minute: guess, reveal, score.

Similar Games

I would go with Rock, Paper, Wizards which also uses hand gestures, but to ‘cast spells’ to damage the opponent.

Fairy Review

Positives

A Fast game you can as a filler or at a party for people of all ages.

Negatives

There’s almost no strategy, just guesswork. Experienced players will rarely win on purpose.

Holding up the scorecard make my arm ache! 😀

Summary

Fairy is a tiny, chaotic, finger-guessing party game that delivers fast laughs and light competition. But it’s not going to be for everyone.

Jesta ThaRogue