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Game Info
Year
1985
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Description
Classic bidding and bluffing game. The deck consists of sets of farm animals, 4 cards per animal. Players auction off the top animal of the deck, or try to complete their set by trading with another player. Highest bid wins, but auctioneer always has the choice to buy the animal for the same price as the highest bid.
Trading is a blind bidding system: both players place their bid face down on the table and reveal them simultaneously to each other. High bidder gets the other player's animal. Both players swap their bid. It's best to bid just a little bit more than your opponent, but just how much did he bid?
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Kuhhandel Master (2009)
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Video a3E0DU_PCv4
Review at 0:00 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Engaging bluffing mechanism
- Enjoyable experience
- Closed economy
- Dynamic card swapping
- Quirky art style
- Fun
Cons
- Can go a little long
- Potential for dragging at higher player counts
Thematic elements
- Bluffing, animal cards, auctions
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Auction — Players reveal animal cards of varying point values and engage in an auction-style bidding process.
- bluffing — Players can attempt to bribe opponents with face-down money cards to acquire cards of the same animal type, leading to counter-offers and strategic deception.
- Money management — The game uses strict money denominations with no change, which can force players to overspend.
- set collection — Players collect sets of animal cards, with different animals scoring vastly different amounts of points (e.g., chickens for 10 points per set of four vs. horses for 1000 points per set of four).
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Quotes (from this video)
- at number two I have your bluffing
- one of the best bluffing games that I've played
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Video 6d8yGEzfVRU
Chairman of the Board Discussion at 7:41 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- easy to table
- light party game
- fun social interaction
Cons
- randomness can frustrate some players
Thematic elements
- set collection and bluffing
- Animals and trading sets
- silly and accessible
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Push Your Luck — predict higher/lower with cards to advance on track
- push your luck / guessing — predict higher/lower with cards to advance on track
- set collection — collect animal sets
- trading / negotiation — forced trades with other players
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Quotes (from this video)
- this is the newest board and dice game at least one of the newest
- a very straightforward Euro definitely on the lighter end of the medium
- I'm glad I did
- these are the kind of Euros I tend to really get along with
- the old ones are normally the best ones
- this is a stripped back Euro
- no bloat to the rules or anything like that
- it's so easy to table
- two to four players 40 minutes just sounds like it's taking all those boxes for me
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