Farm Hand

Farm Hand is a fun and engaging 21-card microgame for 1-5 players that plays in 15-20 minutes. A game that fits easily in a pocket or bag and can be played almost anywhere.

The game has 6 asymmetric suits, ranging from 1 card to 6 cards, with values from 1-7 spread across the suits. It features trick-taking, publicly visible suits and simultaneous bidding.

Played over 6 rounds, the players receive a hand in each round that grows by 1 card (1x card in round 1, 2x cards in round 2, etc.)

With all suits openly visible to all players, everyone must try to predict how many tricks they will win in the round - they bid simultaneously by revealing a number of fingers.

The bids are recorded and the trick phase begins.

Everyone plays their cards according to standard trick-taking rules, where suit must be followed. However, the highest card wins the trick, regardless of suit. BUT... if cards with the same number are played, they cancel each other out and the next-highest card wins the trick. This often leads to surprising results and plenty of laughs and groans.

Points are awarded according to whether or not the players predicted their bid correctly:

• If your bid and your tricks match Exactly, you score points equal to the current round
• If your bid and your tricks do not match, you score -1 point per difference

The dealer moves clockwise. Gather all the cards, shuffle them and deal again.

Play 6 rounds. The winner is the player with the highest score.