Farmer's Feud!

This final week of GDP we have been given the task of educating board game enthusiasts with the knowledge of locally grown fruits and vegetables in Canada in a fun manner for everyone. This was an interesting task at first glance and as we progressed through the development of the board we came up with a creative way to teach people about this topic while playing a game.

When we first started brainstorming ideas we wanted to focus specifically in Ontario and only popular fruits and vegetables that people commonly eat or see often. The main parts that a player will take away from this is what fruits and vegetables grow in Ontario and when they are in season over the course of the year. We wanted to teach the players specifically where in Ontario these fruits and vegetables grow in Ontario but when it came to the development phase we had a very big imbalance in the board so we had to reconfigure it to be more balanced.

The main concept of the board game is you are a farmer trying to collect fruits and vegetables in Ontario while there are other farmers trying to do the same thing. You battle it out to be the most productive and strategic farmer in all of Ontario. These are the rules and how to play for the game Farmer`s Feud.

RULES/HOW TO PLAY

Game Bits

-board

-four player bits

-d6

-pen and paper for each player

-worth chart

Start Play

-everyone rolls once to see who starts and highest goes first then continues clockwise.

-choose any space on the board to place your player bit for the start of the game.

-gameplay starts in the month of January.

-starting player rolls die to see how far they can move for that turn and moves no more than the number on the die.

-player who starts checks to see which vegetables and fruits are in season and strategically moves across the board collecting as many points as possible for that turn. Each fruit and vegetable is worth a certain number of points based on their availability.

Continue Play

-next player also does the same thing as the first player.

- when other players are on the tile you want, you can contest them for it by covering the chart with all the stats and asking them a question based on that chart. They have 5 seconds to correctly answer the question the contester has made up. If the contested is right then the contester’s turn is over, else, the contester has a choice to steal a fruit or vegetable, or to move the contested to the opposite side of the board and move their bit to the tile the contested was on.

-if the player has successfully contested another player and still has available moves for their turn, they can choose to continue using them if they wish.

Finishing the Game

-if you decided to play a short game, first to 250 wins, medium game = 500 and long games equals 1000 points to win.

-first one to reach the set points wins the game.