Foxtrot/Renegade | £14.99 | Trick-taking | 2 players | 30 minutes | Age: 10+ | foxtrotgames.com/forest
■ Odd cards in each of the three suits introduce unique powers to the whistlike gameplay.
There’s a purity to card games that use a standard deck of 52 playing cards that makes them hard to improve on. In the case of The Fox in the Forest’s charming two-player take on whist, however, it comes just about as close as you can get.