Frosty the Snowman Follow the Leader Card Game

 

Frosty - Follow the leader card game.

I know Christmas is over, and I haven't seen this cartoon in a long time, but does it actually refer to Christmas in the cartoon? Couldn't it just be for a really snowy winter, like we've been having this year? Sure, why not.

Two things attracted me to this game: 1) It's a seasonal game and 2) anything that is called "follow the leader card game" can immediately be followed by your own get-up-and-move follow the leader action game. So I checked it out.

Box contents.

This is a cooperative game - you will all win or lose together. Frosty and the kids will be lined up in a parade, as you see in the image above. Frosty, the leader, is a little thick, little bigger cardboard card and will lead the parade (Frosty tile). There are six thicker cardboard tiles, one for each kid in the game. The strip you see above (parade tile), numbered 1-6, shows the six different kids marching in the parade and this is the order you will be lining up your playing cards. The back of each parade tile shows the policeman blowing his whistle. There are 5 parade tiles, each with the kids in a different order. There are 40 playing card (Frosty cards). Each of 36 cards picture one of the kids on the front and a picture of frosty and the number one or two on the back. There are 18 Frosty cards with a number one (deck one) and 18 Frosty cards with a number two (deck two). Four of the cards each picture one rabbit. The rabbit cards are wild cards and can be played for any of the kids. Let's play.

Object: 

Complete your goal without running out of Frosty cards. Establish your goal before you start the game. Choose one from the following:

• Easy game - Complete three parade tiles.
  
• Medium game - Complete four parade tiles.
  
• Hard game - Complete five parade tiles.
  

Set up:

• Arrange the kid tiles face-up in a straight line to the right of the Frosty tile, starting with 1 and ending with 6.
• Separately shuffle the number 1 deck and the number 2 deck of Frosty cards. 
• Place the number 1 deck on top of the number 2 deck and place this on top of the big Frosty tile.
• Mix up the parade tiles and place them in a face-down pile, then flip the top tile face-up.
• Each player draws Frosty cards based on the number of players.
• Each player places their Frosty cards face-up in front of them so all players can see them.
  

Play:

Players take turns. On each turn a player can do any one of the following:

• Move a kid - Play a Frosty card to move that kid tile forward one spot or backward one spot in the parade. The cards that are played will be the cards already showing.
  
• Swap - You and another player each play a Frosty card to swap the spots of both kid tiles in the parade. Each player draw a new cards from the deck.
  
• Discard -  Discard your Frosty cards and draw two new cards (or three if it is a 2-player game.)
  

At the end of a turn, if the kid tiles in the parade match the order of the parade tile, put the cards and tile to the side. Place a new parade tile at the top and keep playing. Keep playing until you complete your goal number of parade tiles (you won : ), or you run out of Frosty cards (you lose : 0).

Try this:

• Play your own version where everyone gets up and follows Frosty (the leader). Incorporate all kinds of moves that you want the kids to do, then make someone else Frosty and play again. Each time a new leader takes over, sing a round of the Frosty song to establish a time limit for each leader.
  
• Follow up with a "snowball" fight or toss. Scrunch paper (newspaper would work) and either throw at a stationary target or a moving target (the kids).
• Shuffle the cards by holding the deck in the non-dominant hand and lifting and dropping cards back into the deck with the dominant hand. Then switch hands. A little harder, right?
• Deal the cards by holding them in the non-dominant hand and push the card off with the thumb, one a at time, for the dominant hard to pick up and deal. 
• Deal the cards by putting the stack on in the table in front of you and lift the cards, one at a time, without toppling the deck, to deal.