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Rio Grande Games Friday

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Age Range (Description) Teen
Number of Players 1
Brand Rio Grande Games
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Friday is a solo adventure - only you can win the game. You are helping Robinson, who came ashore on your island, fight against many hazards. At the beginning, Robinson is not very skillful. With each fight he wins you will improve his abilities, but defeats are also helping to get rid off of his worse habits. However, life on the island is energy-sapping, so that Robinson not only gains experiences during his time there, but also starts aging and tends to get clumsy. In this game, Robinson is represented as a card stack of different behaviors. You are forced to improve this card stack, so you can collect the cards at the end of the game to give Robinson the best chance to win against the tough pirates.

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Friday is a solo adventure - only you can win the game!

You are helping Robinson, who came ashore on your island, fight against many hazards. At the beginning, Robinson is not very skillful. With each fight he wins you will improve his abilities, but defeats are also helping to get rid off of his worse habits. However, life on the island is energy-sapping, so that Robinson not only gains experiences during his time there, but also starts aging and tends to get clumsy.

In this game, Robinson is represented as a card stack of different behaviors. You are forced to improve this card stack, so you can collect the cards at the end of the game to give Robinson the best chance to win against the tough pirates!

Rio:Grande:Games:Friday

Friday is a solitaire deck-building game in which you optimize your deck of fight cards in order to defeat the hazards of the island and two pirate ships. During a turn the player will attempt to defeat hazard cards by playing fight cards from their deck.

If defeated, a hazard will become a fight card and is added to the players deck. If failed the player will lose life tokens but also get the opportunity to remove played cards from their fight deck. Finally the player will use their optimized fight deck to defeat two evil pirate ships allowing Robinson Crusoe to escape the island!

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    4.6 out of 5 stars
    4.6 out of 5
    1,375 global ratings

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    Customers like the quality, fun, value, and size of the tabletop game. For example, they mention it's well built, has plenty of replay value, is a nice travel size, and worth every penny. That said, opinions are mixed on ease of use.

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    187 customers mention176 positive11 negative

    Customers find the game fun and entertaining. They say it's a great game to grab on a boring afternoon. Customers also say it’s crafted well and is a good alternative to solitaire.

    "...size of a day-by-day desk calendar, but it's a remarkably complex and fun game. Pretty easy to learn, but hard to beat. Extremely high replay value...." Read more

    "...This is why it is the perfect game to play as a filler. Keep in mind that it is solo only." Read more

    "...Fun solo. I don’t mind that it’s hard to beat. Makes winning more satisfying." Read more

    "This is a great alternative to Solitaire, my usual go-to card game for one...." Read more

    142 customers mention119 positive23 negative

    Customers find the game very challenging, with 4 levels of difficulty and a secret fifth level. They also describe it as a very in-depth strategy game with remarkably complex gameplay. Customers also mention that it's a well thought out, intense solitaire deck builder.

    "...get it, about the size of a day-by-day desk calendar, but it's a remarkably complex and fun game. Pretty easy to learn, but hard to beat...." Read more

    "...engaging to play, has high replayability due to the potential to fine tune the difficulty) and it is a reasonably inexpensive game.PS...." Read more

    "...There are additional difficulty levels to keep the game interesting as you get more experienced...." Read more

    "...It is really easy to learn but extremely challenging because you will have to make the right strategic decisions. The goal is simple...." Read more

    76 customers mention73 positive3 negative

    Customers find the quality of the game very enjoyable, hard to beat, and well built. They also say the game is satisfying, rewarding, and engaging.

    "...Pretty easy to learn, but hard to beat. Extremely high replay value. Great for trips...." Read more

    "...PS. The components are not elaborate, but they are well made. I have played my set 20 times without any fatigue at all...." Read more

    "This game is easy to setup, easy to tear down and the game itself is a very small size. This makes it a perfect travel game...." Read more

    "...Fun solo. I don’t mind that it’s hard to beat. Makes winning more satisfying." Read more

    49 customers mention42 positive7 negative

    Customers like the value of the tabletop game. They mention that it has plenty of replay value, is well worth the repeated plays, and is engaging enough to keep them coming back.

    "...Pretty easy to learn, but hard to beat. Extremely high replay value. Great for trips...." Read more

    "...It is sleek in its design, engaging to play, has high replayability due to the potential to fine tune the difficulty)..." Read more

    "...it less than a month ago, and I am still loving it, definitely a high replay value...." Read more

    "I haven't won this game yet. As a competitive person, this irks me Replayable, entertaining, frustrating but fun." Read more

    42 customers mention34 positive8 negative

    Customers like the size of the tabletop game. They say it's portable, quick, and fun. They also say it has a small footprint and is stored in a really small box.

    "...Extremely high replay value. Great for trips. On single player top 100 lists, this game is perpetually up there." Read more

    "This game is easy to setup, easy to tear down and the game itself is a very small size. This makes it a perfect travel game...." Read more

    "...I'm pretty sure I can set this up in under a minute, plus it is a nice travel size...." Read more

    "...Replay ability with the different levels of difficulty.It’s small and compact so you could take it just about anywhere...." Read more

    36 customers mention30 positive6 negative

    Customers like the theme of the game. They say it has fun artwork and fits the game well. They also mention the illustrations are hilarious. Customers also say the game is unique and sleek in design.

    "...If you like to play solo, this is an essential purchase. It is sleek in its design, engaging to play, has high replayability due to the potential to..." Read more

    "...The illustrations are HILARIOUS!You can feel good about the fact that you are trying to help some poor soul stranded on your island...." Read more

    "...Otherwise it would be boring. I also like the art on the cards and the green theme." Read more

    "...The theme is fun and it's both terrifying and hilarious to be in a tight spot, fighting cannibals, and you turn over the card you really need and it..." Read more

    23 customers mention20 positive3 negative

    Customers find the game play quick, easy to learn, and portable. They also say the game is a great time killer that flows smoothly and is able to generate many transactions.

    "...PROS:Easy to learnRelatively quick to playReplay ability with the different levels of difficulty...." Read more

    "Friday is a small, fairly quick solitaire game. You are Friday, trying to prepare Robinson Crusoe for life on the island...." Read more

    "The game is small,quick, and fun. It is easy to learn, but is very luck based and after 10 or so games I still have not won." Read more

    "...It's a very challenging game and seriously addicting! A real time killer. I've beat it several times and it still hasn't gotten old to me...." Read more

    111 customers mention72 positive39 negative

    Customers are mixed about the ease of use of the tabletop game. Some mention it's simple to learn, straightforward, and easy to setup. They like the varying difficulty levels and appreciate the hazard. However, some say it'll be difficult to remember all of the various rules.

    "...Pretty easy to learn, but hard to beat. Extremely high replay value. Great for trips...." Read more

    "This game is easy to setup, easy to tear down and the game itself is a very small size. This makes it a perfect travel game...." Read more

    "...PS. The components are not elaborate, but they are well made. I have played my set 20 times without any fatigue at all...." Read more

    "...The directions are fairly straightforward, although I would recommend watching a few YouTube videos of gameplay and directions because there are..." Read more

    Hard, but great solo game!
    5 Stars
    Hard, but great solo game!
    I normally never write a review, but I just like this game so much, I had to.Anyways: This game I got before I bought it’s bigger cousin by Ignacy Trzewiczek. Friday is a Solitaire deck building survival game where you are the Titular character “Friday” and your teaching Robinson Crusoe (the scruffy guy on the cover) how to survive on his island, but you really want him off. Robinson can leave in two ways, but will leave it to you to figure that out. Robinson starts off as a moron, and doesn’t know what to do and he learns through failure and pain to drop bad habits (not the ones that plague us today, mind you). The goal of the game is to survive the dangers of the island and face 2 pirates at the end to win the game. There are 4 levels of difficulty, but there is a secret 5th level of difficulty, but I won’t spoil what it is.Do I recommend this game? Most definitely! It’s worth every penny!P.s.: it’s hard, so make the right decisions so you can get that scruffy Robinson Crusoe off your island and restore the peace!
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    Pezman419
    5.0 out of 5 stars One of the finest single player games under $30
    Reviewed in the United States on December 4, 2023
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    You would not know it to look at the unopened box, but this is a remarkable single player game. It looks dinky when you get it, about the size of a day-by-day desk calendar, but it's a remarkably complex and fun game. Pretty easy to learn, but hard to beat. Extremely high replay value. Great for trips. On single player top 100 lists, this game is perpetually up there.
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    M. 9 Fingers
    5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent 1 player game with diverse levels of challenge
    Reviewed in the United States on June 4, 2018
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    This game is highly recommended. I spend most of my game-time playing solo, so I was pleased to see that this little box contained a "solo adventure" and also that many reviews indicated that it was quite challenging. I will confirm that this game is not for the faint of heart. It took me several plays to beat the first of the four difficulties indicated in the instructions. With a little experience, however, I was able to figure out a strategy that seems to work well in most cases and I have been very successful with achieving victory even on the fourth difficulty level.

    If you want to know that strategy, you can find it easily on-line, and my experience has been that the general principals of the most common strategy found on-line will help you prevail. Bad news if you want a perpetual challenge, but good news if you want a winnable game that doesn't beat you up 9 out of 10 tries and make you feel despondent. More good news - you can always start with fewer life points of modify the card sets to create ever increasing levels of difficulty. There is certainly a point where luck of the draw will start to be more important than strategy as you design brutal challenges to combat your own success, but I am finding that playing the game just a wee bit harder than the fourth scenario in the instructions provides a good level of difficulty.

    If you like to play solo, this is an essential purchase. It is sleek in its design, engaging to play, has high replayability due to the potential to fine tune the difficulty) and it is a reasonably inexpensive game.

    PS. The components are not elaborate, but they are well made. I have played my set 20 times without any fatigue at all. I am careful with my game components, but all but the most careless people should find this set lasting for years and years.
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    Alex Franz
    4.0 out of 5 stars Good but not great
    Reviewed in the United States on March 21, 2024
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    This game is easy to setup, easy to tear down and the game itself is a very small size. This makes it a perfect travel game. The gameplay itself is easy to learn but incredibly tough to beat. You would lose nine times out of ten but you will come back for more. The game lacks variety but that doesn’t mean it is bad. This is why it is the perfect game to play as a filler. Keep in mind that it is solo only.
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    Anne of Tigana
    5.0 out of 5 stars Addictive
    Reviewed in the United States on April 24, 2024
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    Saw this on a board game YouTube channel. I tend to play couple rounds to better understand what I don’t understand and then find YT video tutorials to address those issues. I died the first 25 times I played this, but I finally made it to the pirate card and beat it. Fun solo. I don’t mind that it’s hard to beat. Makes winning more satisfying.
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    Alicia T.
    5.0 out of 5 stars Fun, Quick Solo Strategy Game
    Reviewed in the United States on December 18, 2014
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    This is a great alternative to Solitaire, my usual go-to card game for one.

    The idea is that you are Friday, and you are trying to train Robinson Crusoe to get off the island. You start with a hand of cards that represent Robinson's skills/state of mind, and over time you'll want to evolve his skills and mindset by building a stronger deck. You take two cards off of the encounter deck, and choose which encounter you want to send Robinson on (basing your decision on the required skill/mindset level to successfully beat the encounter). Then you flip over the number of cards allowed from that encounter card, and see how Robinson's skill/state of mind value compares to the requirements of the encounter. If you fall short, you can pay a life point to bring out another card and try to succeed (you can keep doing this if you want), or you can pay the difference in life points, and for each life point you are forced to discard, you can trash a card from your deck. If you pass the encounter, you get to keep the card, which on the lower half is a new Robinson skill/state of mind level (representing what he learned from surviving that encounter's adventure, and another crucial factor in determining which encounter you choose to have him attempt).

    There are a lot of factors in play. You need to run through the encounter deck at three different levels. Green (easy), yellow (medium), red (hard). The numeric value required to complete the encounters increases with every increase in difficulty level. So the first time through, you might think it's great to try to fail as many as possible to thin your deck of those bad -1 and 0 value cards, but then you'll have more encounters to face at those increased difficulty levels. Conversely, if you try to win as many encounters in the early round as possible, you may not get to trash as many cards as you like, leaving you with a lot of duds coming out in those harder levels. You also need to consider your life points, as when they run out, you instantly lose the game. So sometimes you fail a lot of encounters and cut cards, then realize you are dangerously low on life. Thankfully, many cards you gain from passing encounters along the way give you special actions, like +1 or +2 life points, +1 or +2 cards, destroy/trash a card, -1 to the encounter's pass level, etc. So those are also a consideration when you decide which encounter to go up against, as you can see at the bottom what skill/state of mind you'll gain from passing. On top of all of this, every time your deck runs out and you need to shuffle your discard pile and cycle through again, you add an aging card, which represents the passage of time on the island and how it wears on Robinson. These are tougher to remove from your deck, as you need to discard two life points to rid of them or use a trashing card.

    If you survive making it through all three difficulty phases of the encounters, you go up against two different pirate ships you must defeat. So essentially, you are not only building a deck to go up against encounters, you are building a deck that will defeat the pirate ships at the end. If you reach the needed level, Robinson makes it off the island. If not, well, he doesn't.

    I love the challenge of this game. It took me several tries to win, and I'm still on beginner's mode after 16 plays. There are additional difficulty levels to keep the game interesting as you get more experienced. There is obviously luck involved, but it certainly requires a good balance of all those aforementioned factors.

    If you're looking for a quick strategy game to play on your own, this is an excellent choice.
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    Jonathon
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great Solitaire Game!
    Reviewed in the United States on December 31, 2023
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    If you are looking to try a solitaire style game with a fairly easy entry point, but one that can also provide a challenge, this is it. The directions are fairly straightforward, although I would recommend watching a few YouTube videos of gameplay and directions because there are some scenarios that aren’t completely laid out clearly. I have played this game over a dozen times after getting it less than a month ago, and I am still loving it, definitely a high replay value. If anyone is complaining about it being too easy, I suspect they probably aren’t following the directions exactly as expected because it can definitely be challenging (but in a fun way).
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    A. Delgado
    5.0 out of 5 stars A Really Challening Game
    Reviewed in the United States on December 24, 2023
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    I love challenging games, especially ones that i can do solo, and this game is one of them. It is really easy to learn but extremely challenging because you will have to make the right strategic decisions. The goal is simple. Beat the hazards, help Robinson avoid aging too much and beat the pirates. I have yet to beat the game, but I will not give up until I have done so! I highly recommend this if you like playing challenging games by yourself.
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    Mariamariamaria
    5.0 out of 5 stars Muy buen juego.
    Reviewed in Mexico on January 16, 2023
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    Juego sencillo para jugar en solitario. Muy fácil de aprender, no dependiente del idioma (el instructivo está en inglés pero pueden verse tutoriales en YouTube). Ocupa muy poco espacio en la mesa y no es necesario mucho tiempo para preparar cada partida. No es fácil ganarlo pero el juego en si es divertido. La caja es pequeña así que es fácil de llevar. Me parece un indispensable en la colección de cualquier persona que le gustan los juegos de mesa en solitario.
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    Ana Paula de Paiva
    2.0 out of 5 stars Difícil de entender.
    Reviewed in Brazil on December 13, 2022
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    Me arrependi amargamente, pois baixei o app do jogo (beeeeeeem mais barato) e mesmo assim não consegui entender o jogo. Tudo em Alemão ou em inglês mas não explicativo. Tá lá guardado.
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    Aakash Jain
    5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best solo games
    Reviewed in India on March 20, 2020
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    One of the best light solo board games you can buy, and at a decent price. The rules are quite ready, but there a surprising amount of strategy behind it that you realize after a couple of plays. The only negative for me is the art, it's pretty terrible, almost feels intentionally rough and cheesy. But you'll start ignoring it pretty soon. The item arrived in perfect condition.
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    Damien
    3.0 out of 5 stars Hard, but interesting challenge !
    Reviewed in Germany on October 1, 2018
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    After some ponctual party over the past months I still feel this game as really hard (my game was really ponctual). The visual side of the game is very classic, but correct, except the really ugly face of Robinson. Dispite this, game is still attractive and I come back to this regularly and much more than others game. I hope one day I can succeed versus those pirates ! A sort of long term challenge, each time this change my spirit, and I want to play for hours.
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    Chicco
    5.0 out of 5 stars Très bon jeux
    Reviewed in France on January 18, 2018
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    Jeux solitaire de Friedman Friese. Un jeux amusant, pas trop facile. Ce jeux a un bon ranking pour un jeux solitaire sur boardgamgeek. Il y a Robinson Crusoe. Vous êtes Vendredi. Vous devez aider Robinson a' survivre a' la jungle et aux pirates, mais Robinson n'est pas vite a apprendre et il tend a' devenir vieux....et moins fort et éveillé! Un bon jeux a' essayer.
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