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Black Sheep
Designed by Reiner Knizia and illustrated by the incredibly talented Ursula Vernon, In BlackSheep, players try to corral the best combination of cows, horses, chickens and more while avoiding the mischievous black sheep. BlackSheep is perfect for two to four players ages eight and up. -From the FFG website.
What is Black Sheep
Designed by Reiner Knizia and illustrated by the incredibly talented Ursula Vernon, In BlackSheep, players try to corral the best combination of cows, horses, chickens and more while avoiding the mischievous black sheep. BlackSheep is perfect for two to four players ages eight and up. -From the FFG website.
There's a lot of randomness here, but also room for elementary strategy. Players make poker hands from two shared cards (figurines of ranked animals) and three of their own (these are actual cards). There are three such hands playing simultaneously, with players adding one or two cards at a time to any hand on their turn. When all players have played three cards onto a hand, a winner is chosen, based on the poker ranks. The winner takes the two shared cards (animal figurines), and new shared cards are added. At the end of the game, scores are calculated by summing numbers printed on the bottoms of the figurines they captured and some bonuses. The black sheep figurines are worth negative points.
Game details
- Players
- 2–4
- Age
- +8
- Duration
- 30 min
- Difficulty
- Light
- Type
- Board game
- Year
- 2008
- Mechanics
- Hand Management · Set Collection
- Categories
- Animals · Card Game · Children's Game
- Designer
- Reiner Knizia
- Publisher
- Fantasy Flight Games · Edge Entertainment · Hobby World · Kaissa Chess & Games
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[ESP] Póker con animales de granja. Jugado una vez pero suficiente para decir qué es una buena variante más familiar.
Kind of evolution of classic Battle Line. Based on poker combinations, try to make the best with three cards adn two animal tokens on a field. The main idea is that you are forced to play, and that can sometimes be bad for you. Not my style. Box is enormous for the contents, and boards are just thin cardboard. Animal tokens are nice, but quite small. Another Knizia re-implementation.
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Es un Knizia de cartas, que a mí al menos, me ha recordado en su mecánica al battleline (en el aspecto de que aveces estas ogligado a poner cartas, aunque te venga mal). Hay tres granjas y sobre cada una dos animales. Junto con esos animales y tres cartas que juegue cada jugador, hay que conseguir una combinación tipo póker. El que gane, se lleva los animales y se reponen dos nuevos animales. Si al reponer, salen dos cartas seguidas que se refieren a animales ya no disponibles, la granja se cierra. El juego termina cuando se cierran las tres granjas. Tener la mayoría de un tipo de animal (hay
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How many players is Black Sheep for?
Black Sheep plays with 2–4 players.
How long does a game take?
A game takes about 30 minutes.
What age is it suitable for?
It is recommended from age 8.
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