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2014 Ranked #20,609

Merry Yard

This animal-collection card game has farmers draw or play animals, use their effects, and build the highest-scoring yard. Animal sounds accompany plays, while cards left in hand subtract from a collection that otherwise looks promising.

Animals Farming Acting Hand Management

Players

3-8

Play time

Not listed

Age

6+

Complexity

1/5

Rating

5.67

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 2.4/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.0/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.7/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.4/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.7/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

Merry Yard is a simple and funny card game. Players are farmers trying to call to their farmyard the best and nicest animals.

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

Hand Management

Time and sequence a limited hand of cards to preserve future options.
Acting

Communicate information by performing without directly stating the answer.
Read the full game description

Merry Yard is a simple and funny card game. Players are farmers trying to call to their farmyard the best and nicest animals. Each turn, players can draw new cards or play an animal card, making the sound of each animal, and using their unique effects in order to outwit their neighbour. At the end of the game, the animals on the yard will provide players some points, as the cards left in their hand are subtracted to the total. Are you ready to build your Merry Yard?

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Category

2
Animals Farming

Mechanism

2
Acting Hand Management

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Game and edition data

All specifications (4)

Play and group

Players
3–8
Best with
2
Age
6+
Complexity
1.0/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Marco Valtriani

Artists

1
Guido Favaro

Publishers

1
Red Glove

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