Farm Phresh!!

The Farm Phresh Map!

We finally made it!  For our last board game, we were required to construct a game that would teach the players about which fruits and vegetables were in season.  To complete this task successfully, my group members and I were required to conduct research online about which fruits and vegetables were in season in Ontario.  Luckily for us, there were many resources available and we were able to compile an extensive list that revolved around the four seasons.  One re-occurring problem we noticed while creating our game, was the a wide variety of vegetables are grown in multiple seasons.  To eliminate this problem, we decided to have a yearly list of vegetables that were not worth as much in our final game.  After many long hours of working on card designs and different prototypes for our game board, we finally came up with our amazing game, Farm Phresh!

The Cards used in Farm Phresh!

Out of all of the board games Oiram has created this year, I personally believe that Farm Phresh is one of the most unique ones we have created.  This was one of our first games where we included end game bonuses that players can work towards, much like an achievement of Xbox 360 games! Listed below are the rules to help teach you how to play our the game!

Players: 4 or more

Dominate the market in this all-out battle for farm produce domination! Compete to win the most money by growing and selling a variety of fruits and vegetables - or even trading for what you think could be the produce that rockets you to the top!

Set-up:

-Each Season Deck must be shuffled separately and placed next to their respective Season on the board.  Farm Cards (White Cards) are also shuffled and placed off to the side.

-Each player receives $25 (each money piece is worth $5).

-The spinner is then set to “Spring.”

-Players can decide who goes first however they please.

Gameplay:

-At the start of a players turn, the player has the option to purchase a Farm Card by flipping over a Farm Card – your first purchase costs $10 and each subsequent purchase costs $5 more (2^nd is $15, 3^rd is $20, etc.)

-Players may also trade any Farm or Produce cards with other players before beginning their turn.

-The player then flips over a card from the current Season.

-The player collects the money listed on the Produce Card – the rarer the card, the more money its worth. PLAYERS KEEP THE PRODUCE CARDS.

-If another player has a Farm that produces the turned over card, the player who flipped the card must pay the Farm owner half of what they would have received. (Minimum of $5)

-After one whole round (e.g., when the first player begins their next turn), the Season changes to the next one in a clock-wise fashion.

-After all four seasons have been played through, a new year begins.

-Play ends after the end of the 5^th year.

-Players tally up all of the money in their hand at the end of the game.  The player with the most money wins the game!

-Players must also consider the End-Game Bonuses before confirming who wins:

:Most Vegetables: $20

:Most Fruit: $20

:Rock a P (2 Peaches, 2 Pears and 2 Plums): $25

:Garden Salad (1 Lettuce, 1 Carrot, 1 Cucumber, 1 Onion, 1 Mushroom and 1 Tomato): $35

Farm Cards!

 Although this game was fairly challenging to create, it was still interesting to research the different produce cycles that occur in Ontario.  Hopefully when people play Farm Phresh they won't just have fun playing, but they will also learn how to eat local and support local farmers!