Joseph's Pick
Frog Chess

Frog Chess is one of those great games that takes almost no time to learn but has tons of strategy that makes every game you play, so much fun! If you have friends or family who don’t like having to listen to a giant rulebook before playing a game, Frog Chess is a perfect game to pull out.

 

In Frog Chess, your goal is simple, be the last frog to jump. You don’t need to be the last frog standing, it doesn't matter if your opponent has more frogs than you, it doesn’t even matter if you have no frogs left at all, you only need to be the last one to jump. Your frogs can jump in any direction but they must jump over another frog. Frogs that you jump are removed from the game and you can even chain your jumps together, much like checkers. Play will then continue until eventually everyone is unable to make a jump. The last player who was able to jump is the winner!

 

This very simple strategy game is made for 2 or 3 players and honestly plays very differently both ways. 1v1 allows for a bit more strategy whereas a 3 player game has a bit more chaos. The game consists of a very nice neoprene game mat and colorful, well molded, plastic frogs. The components are very high quality especially considering the game has a pretty low price point.

 

Frog Chess is one of those games I love to pull out and play for a quick gaming session or as a nice change in between other more time consuming games. Definitely one of those games I always keep readily available in my board game library.