{"id":3716,"date":"2007-12-09T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-12-09T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.westpark-gamers.de\/blog\/2007\/12\/09\/felix-the-catin-the-sack\/"},"modified":"2007-12-09T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2007-12-09T11:00:00","slug":"felix-the-catin-the-sack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.westpark-gamers.de\/blog\/2007\/12\/09\/felix-the-catin-the-sack\/","title":{"rendered":"Felix: The Cat\nin the Sack"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/p>\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n
\n
\"cover\"\/<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Author<\/td>\nFriedemann Friese<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Publisher<\/td>\n2F-Spiele<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
released<\/td>\n2007<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
players<\/td>\n3-5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
game length<\/td>\n15 minutes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
rating<\/td>\n\"pic\"\/ \"pic\"\/ \"pic\"\/
\n\"pic\"\/ \"pic\"\/
\n\"pic\"\/ \"pic\"\/
\n\"pic\"\/ \"pic\"\/ \"pic\"\/<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

Felix: The Cat
\nin the Sack<\/a><\/h2>\n

reviewed by Aaron Haag<\/p>\n

Unless we are playing a very long “whole evening” type of game almost none of our game
\nsessions is ending without playing an “Absacker<\/a>” (nightcap or filler) game. These are short, light, easily taught games
\nwhich nevertheless provide sufficient replay value to have them on the table again and again. If
\nyou have had a look at our session reports you will have noticed that our most favourite
\n“Absacker” is “Liar’s Dice<\/a>” or
\n“Bluff” as the German edition is called. Other favourites are “Take 6<\/a>” (6 nimmt) or “Bottle
\nImp<\/a>” (Flaschenteufel). What all of these games have in common is their short playing time,
\nwhich let’s you easily play at least one “revenge” game during the remaining 30
\nminutes or so. Also, all of these games provide very good player interaction and challenges
\nalthough being based primarily on elements of luck, thus they are not too serious or dry games
\noverall.<\/p>\n

“Felix – The Cat in the Sack”, this year released on the “Spiel 2007” by
\nFriedemann Friese is a bidding game where sets of cards are auctioned. The catch is that players
\nare bidding on the virtual cat in the sack, i.e. a number of cards the value of which they cannot
\ndetermine right away. Without wanting to go too much into the details of the rules (they can be read
\nhere<\/a>) the principle is as follows:<\/p>\n