Description
The Good Farmer is a new trick-taking game that mixes the best parts of The Bottle Imp (by Günter Cornett) and Black Spy (by Alan R. Moon). Players must strategically play cards from their hand as winning tricks leads to negative points, but winning certain cards yield positive points.
This is a must-follow trick-taking game with a shifting rank-based trump system and a dangerous penalty token. Players must follow either the suit or rank of the lead card whenever possible, while the trump track determines which ranks outrank all others. Winning with certain trump cards gradually reduces the number of trump ranks, changing card strength throughout the round. Tricks contain profitable cards as well as costly Family cards, and winning with a trump also transfers the Family token, which imposes a potentially severe penalty on whoever holds it at the end of the round. Players must carefully manage which tricks they win, balancing profitable deals against the risk of inheriting the family’s debts.
English rulebook included.
▶ 3 to 4 players
▶ 30-45 minutes
▶ Ages 14 and up
▶ Designer: Kentaro Yazawa
▶ Artist: Hoteltokyo
▶ Publisher: Hoy Games
▶ BGG page: The Good Farmer BGG Page
▶ Rules: The Good Farmer English Rules
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