Kitsune Card Game Tryout

There’s a new game in town, and Kitsune is its name.
Kitsune: Of Foxes and Fools, is a card game for three to eight players based on
Japanese folklore. The game’s inventor, Ian Price of Warrenville, will be at
the Batavia Public Library, 10 S. Batavia Ave., from 1 to 4 p.m., July 26, to teach
students age 13 and older how to play this game of luck, strategy, and tactics.

Kitsune (kit-soo-nay) are Japanese fox-spirits who try to
trick unwary mortals to earn nine tails. Playing cards include foxes, fools,
tricks, and consequences.

Price, an avid game player since age nine, developed the
game’s concept over a period of about three years. Once he had the concept
down, he enlisted the help of his brother Charles, then a student at the
Minneapolis College of Art and Design, to create the fox and fool images,
playing cards, and game box. Charles Price graduated from the college in 2013
and is now an illustrator and graphic designer and the art director for the
game.

The brothers took the project to Kickstarter.com and the
project was fully funded by August 2013. The brothers and their mother, Susan
Price, who is also the venture’s third partner, have taken the game to science
fiction and gaming conventions throughout the Midwest for play-testing and
demonstrations.

Young Adult librarian Christine Edison said that hosting the
event is a logical choice for the library. The library has an active Anime Club,
a monthly “Magic the Gathering” card game night, and frequent “Gaming Nights”
for teens. 

Learning the game takes about 15 minutes. Participants can
arrive at any time between 1 and 3:45 p.m. to learn the game and are welcome to
stay play the game until 4 p.m. According to Susan Price, a game usually takes
an hour to an hour and a half to play. But if play gets very involved with trickery
and tactics, the game could last longer.

Registration is not required. For more information, call the
library Reference Desk, (630) 879-1393, ext. 200.