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Blöde Kuh

no one wants the silly cow

Lots of animals have escaped and must be caught again; silly, obstinate animals give you penalty points. 15 penalty cards for -2 and -4 points are stacked openly and separated by value, as are the three Nobody-wants-it cards for each type of animal, sorted by animal and round number. You have nine cards in hand, out of 18 each of sheep, pigs, horses and cows.

The active player must either discard one single animal or two cards for a pair of animals or pass his turn. For a single animal, you then resolve the animal action: Sheep - no action, the turn passes to the next player. Pig - the left neighbor draws a card from the draw pile or the pig from the discard pile. Horse - Each player puts down a face-down card and then all hand this card simultaneously to their left neighbor. If the horse was the player’s last card, the action is not resolved. Cow - the active player draws the top card of the draw pile. For a pair, you either hand the Nobody-wants-it card of the round for this animal to your left neighbor or - if already in play - the current owner hands it to the next player. If you pass, you draw a card from draw pile or discard pile. If someone is out of cards, you score penalty points for most and second-most cards in hand; after three rounds you win with fewest points.

Not silly at all, but very nice and good fun - the standard goal of discarding cards is well varied, the game plays quickly and is fun; pairs and the wandering of the Nobody-wants-it card they trigger provide tactics and of course a good way to get rid of cards. A really good filler game to start or end an evening or a very nice game for your holidays.

Players: 3-6

Age: 8+

Time: 25+

Designer: Florian Racky

Artist: Florian Biege

Price: ca. 10 Euro

Publisher: Drei Hasen in der Abendsonne 2019

Web: www.dreihasenspiele.de

Genre: Card shedding

Users: For families

Version: multi

Rules: de en

In-game text: no

Comments:

Plays quickly

Nice filler game

Cute drawings

Fun to play

Compares to:

Card shedding games with penalties for remaining cards

Other editions:

Currently none

Chance (pink): 2

Tactic (turquoise): 2

Strategy (blue): 0

Creativity (dark blue): 0

Knowledge (yellow): 0

Memory (orange): 1

Communication (red): 0

Interaction (brown): 3

Dexterity (green): 0

Action (dark green): 0