- Publisher(s) : 2F-Spiele, Matagot
- Designer(s) : Friedemann Friese
- Artist(s) : Sylvain Leroy
- Players : 1–4
- Playing time : 30 - 45 Min
- Weight BGG : 1.92
What's this?
Formidable Farm is a fast-paced and clever card game in which you play a farmer tasked with satisfying the demands of the village population. Each player must fulfill a series of contracts (cards) by producing and trading various agricultural resources such as wheat, tomatoes, cucumbers, sheep, or pigs.
How do you play?
A game of Formidable Farm takes place in a succession of turns where each player will perform several actions in a flexible order.
🌾 1. Retrieve resources
The player chooses an available space on the resource board and places their disc there.
🃏 2. Fill in cards (up to 3)
To fill out a card:
- We pay for the resources requested.
- then the rewards are applied
Important :
- You can fill cards from your hand or from the market.
- We are limited to 3 cards per turn
Free actions: At any time, you can spend your already filled exchange cards (heads side, coin side) to perform bonus actions: stay on the same resource location, occupy a location already taken by an opponent, or directly purchase missing resources.
🛒 4. End of lap
- The completed cards are placed face down (they will later serve as “money”)
- The market is restocked with 5 cards
- The next player begins their turn
🏁 End of game
The game ends when one player has completed all of their cards.
- If he is alone in this situation → he wins immediately
Is it good?
Formidable Farm is a small card game based on resource management and trading, both simple and clever. It’s a real race where you have to get rid of all your cards as quickly as possible.
Reward management will allow you to create rapid action sequences, true combos. This optimization of free actions, effects, and opportunities pushes you to achieve your objectives as efficiently as possible. You will therefore need to carefully choose and plan which cards to complete, whether they come from your hand or the market, in order to best optimize your resources.
On the downside, it has a large number of icons to learn, which can be confusing during the first few games: you’ll often find yourself referring to the player aids at the beginning. There’s also an element of chance in the card draws, which can lead to certain combos if they occur at the right time. Finally, the resource exchange mechanic can feel a bit childish, which won’t appeal to everyone.
In short, Formidable Farm is a combo and resource management game where optimization is at the heart of every decision. It’s a fast-paced and clever title, although the first few games require a little getting used to its many icons.
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Formidable Farm review
Positives
- A smooth and satisfying combo system
- Clever and dynamic game
- Good optimization and decision-making
- Duration of quick games
Negatives
- Lots of icons to learn at first
- The role of chance in drawing cards
- A feeling of possible repetition in the long term
