Fruit Ninja: Combo Party (2018)

About this game

Fruit Ninja: Combo Party is a 3 to 6 player game mixing drafting, push your luck and dexterity! Each turn is composed of two phases: Fruit Phase: All players chose a single fruit from their deck. All cards are revealed at the same time. If at least two players have the same fruit, the first one to grab the central totem get a reward card! Scoring Phase: Player have to decide if they want to keep growing their current combo, pushing their luck to score more, or if they want to score immediately and start a new combo. The bigger the combo, the more rewards! At the end of the turn, people pass their decks to the person on their left! —description from the publisher A Kickstarter campaign was initiated for a series of 3 games based on the popular app game. Having not met the expected goals, the campaign was terminated. From the 3 games announced, only 1 made it to print: Fruit Ninja: Combo Party.

Does it fit your group?

• Group size. Works with 3 to 6.
• Rules load. At 1.2/5 this is a light game — explain it in a few minutes, good for a table that has not played much.
• Age. The publisher suggests 8 and up. That rates the rules rather than the artwork, so judge the box yourself for younger players.