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2004 Ranked #12,327

Farfalia

Trick-taking game has alert naturalists collect one specimen for a carefully planned scientific collection. Precise card play decides who secures the most valuable discoveries before the collection ends.

Card Game Trick-taking

Players

2-5

Play time

Not listed

Age

8+

Complexity

1.48/5

Rating

6.04

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

At a glance

Is this game right for my group?

ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.3/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 3.9/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.6/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

From the publisher's website: Research into natural science requires careful planning - especially when only one specimen can be taken for the collection. And how much better if it is a species of Farfalia! A trick taking game for alert naturalists.

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

Trick-taking

Play one card each and award the trick according to suit and rank rules.
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Category

1
Card Game

Mechanism

1
Trick-taking

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Game and edition data

All specifications (5)

Play and group

Players
2–5
Best with
4–5
Play time
35 min
Age
8+
Complexity
1.5/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Derek Carver

Artists

2
Roberta Barletta Stefano de Fazi

Publishers

2
DV Games Mayfair Games

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