ALLPLAY Fairy Party Card Game for Families and Adults - Make Hand Gestures at Your Friends - Travel Size Box Fits in Your Pocket - Fast Playing, High Energy - 2 to 10 Players - 5 to 10 Minutes

Great little card game. Easy to pull out and explain quickly. It’s a silly and light filler game.

I run a board game evening twice a week. People come and go at all times. This is a great super-simple game that several (actually 2-10) people who have just arrived can sit down and play with only a 2-minute rules teach. It's fun and easy and a good way to start a games night.

This takes the concept of the very basic Hi-Lo guessing game and adds scoring and other things to guess, like same suit or one of three fairies. And a scoring system. Mechanically that's it. And it's so quick, simple, and accessible that it manages to be a fun way to entertain a group for a few minutes while players wait.There are some nice features, including scoring cards for up to 10 people, that can be tracked by holding the card in one hand between fingers. Even without a playing surface the game might be playable, like standing in line, although the person holding the deck would have a hard time participating I imagine.The artwork is pleasant and the addition of foil on the fairy cards adds a nice touch. The cards are of good quality and feel durable.This is a game I totally expected to try and say wasn't for me, but I think it's high on my list of my "bring everywhere" games, in the hopes I might rope a group into playing a game with me.

I only got a chance to try this with 2-players so this review should be taken with a grain of salt.The game comes with 21 numbered cards, and 10 scorecards. The gameplay is pretty simple and easy to explain. Each turn, players predict (via hand gestures) whether the next card will be a higher number, lower number, same suit, or a one of the fairies. Guessing higher or lower correctly gets you 2-points (there are twenty-one cards total in sequential order), guessing the same suit correctly gets you 4-points (there are seven of each suit), and guessing the fairy correctly gets you a whopping 7-points (there are three fairies). Guessing wrong loses you 1-point. Game ends when all 3 fairies are revealed, or if one players hit 24-points (or 15-for a short game). The beginning of the game feels a little more luck based, but as it goes, probabilities will play a bigger role. Keeping track of what's been revealed can help you go for bigger value guesses. But.. that's pretty much it.I did want to like this a bit more than I did. There are things that I really like about the game. I love the art style. Everything about it is so pleasing to the eye. The foil treatment on the fairy cards is a really nice tough. The card quality is really nice. The portability is also handy. I especially love the double-sided score cards. You're basically the score tracker and holding the cards up allows you to see where you're at, but also allows the other players to see where you're at too. The act of moving up and down the track also has a nice little psychological game to it.Some minor things that big me a little. The box is small which is good. The stack of cards inside only take up about half the depth of the box. It looks like there's room for sleeving the cards. However, sleeved cards are too wide to fit in the box. It's an odd situation. The pricing of this is also a bit high for a game of this weight. Now, on every other site the game's retail price is $10. Some places like Gamenerdz will have it discounted further ($8 but currently out of stock). On Allplay's own shop, it's $9. You'll have to pay shipping on those other sites, but they also have flat-rate shipping, or a free-shipping threshold to offset it if you're buying other things. Even at those prices, I think it's a little high for what you get in terms of gameplay content but you can make an argument that single digit prices make it easier to recommend. Over here on amazon, the game is $14. Sure, that's only a few dollars higher, but it's also 40% higher than their retail price. Additionally, at that price I feel there are a lot more game offerings that offer more of a gaming experience than this one.But in the end, it didn't feel like enough substance at 2-players. The fact that it supports 10-players shows that's it was intended more as a party game. As with most games, it seems the lower end of the player count is pretty suboptimal so that might be on me for trying to play it at that count. I'll try it with more people when the opportunity presents itself and revise this review if it's better.

We really enjoy this simple, fast game, with really lovely artwork. It is for a lot of players (up to 10), starting from a young age (6 years old), takes about 5 minutes for a round, and doesn't need anything else besides a surface to play on, so pretty much perfect for any situation. We found we want to play more and more. It is very quick to learn--at first I thought the instructions must be missing something but it's just that quick and simple, plus the basic rules are printed in shorthand on each player's scorecard. This game could be played alone if you tried to get to 24 points before all the fairies showed up, too. The only issue we found is that the scores are printed very small and are difficult to clearly mark with your fingers if you are older than about 5. We've ended up using 1/1 LEGO plates to mark our scores.Also, for those who feel strongly about, or have problems with gambling games, even with low/no-stakes, this is not a good game for you. It involves gaining points for correct predictions--more points for riskier guesses, less for safer guesses, and, of course, losses for incorrect ones.

If you're short on time or need an easy to teach and play filler, Fairy is a great little game. The card art is lovely and the foil sparkles on the fairy cards is a great touch - the score keeping player aids, while anbit fiddly if you have big fingers, are also super handy.Fairy isn't deep or full of hard decisions, but its a great little "wagering" (that is, each card flip you're trying to call the upcoming card's value, suit, or if it has a fairy, which the more risky/unlikely calls being worth more points if you're right, but all losing you a single point if you're wrong) game that you can teach in about 20 seconds and play in easily under 5 minutes.Lots of fun and I'm rather charmed by it - plus it supports up to 10 players, which is high for a short filler, but great for bigger family or friends game nights or a quick moment of play at, say, a family dinner or get together.

Fairy is a Charming, Adorable, Simple and Fast-Playing Pocket-Sized Card Game. Love the ART on this so much, and we are fans of minimalist card games such as Love Letter and Coup, so this fits nicely in our collection. Highly Recommended!