Scary Tales Card Game

Here is another fairy tale card game that came out this year from Playroom Entertainment. This one comes in sets of decks with two released so far: Scary Tales Deck 1 Little Red Riding Hood vs. Pinnochio and Scary Tales Deck 2 The Giant vs Snow White. You can play with one deck or increase the deck by adding the second one. I imagine if the game does well, we will see other decks, too, but so far the company website is under construction and far, far from helpful.


Here's the publisher's description:

The bards have sung of Scary Tales in the kingdom of old. The king has died, leaving no heirs, and all has fallen into shadow. The enchanted forest is feared. The castle is covered in dark clouds. Evil has crept into the lives of the townsfolk and the corruption has affected all. Only those with the utmost abilities in strength, wisdom, magic and luck will be able to collect enough relics from the stories of long ago to prove themselves worthy of being the new leader...Little Red is a scorned girl on a mission to prove that you may be able to fool her once, but you can't fool her twice! Pinocchio is a fibbing, scheming puppet that won't let you pull his strings. They both want to rule over the land, and they've got the drive to win. With the help of their companions, the Woodsman and the Cricket, each of them will be tough to beat.Add another deck and use any combination of characters to make a 2 - 4 player game: Scary Tales - The Giant vs. Snow White For 2 players (if playing with only one deck; each deck adds up to two players), ages 10 and up. Playing time: 20 minutes.

I found this review of the game at Our panel plays, grades the board games of 2009:

Scary Tales (Playroom, $15; 2 players; age 13+; 20 min.) This card game by inventor Reiner Knizia imagines fairy-tale characters as bad-ass cartoon warriors locked in a struggle for valuable relics. Your ability to steal your opponent's relics depends on dice rolls, supplemented by whatever special abilities you may have gathered, and the whole thing is pleasant but not very challenging; in particular, there's no defense and thus no real interaction between players. Combining card decks for a multi-player game is somewhat more rewarding - but then of course you have to buy it twice.

And note that Little Red Riding Hood gets a game again. She gets around.