CATCHING FARMERS

 

CATCHING FARMERS

OBJECTIVE OF CATCHING FARMERS: Be the player with the most points at the end of the game

NUMBER OF PLAYERS: 4 or 5 players

NUMBER OF CARDS: 20 cards

RANK OF CARDS: (low) 10 – Ace (high)

TYPE OF GAME: Trick taking

AUDIENCE: Adults

INTRODUCTION OF CATCHING FARMERS

Catching Farmers, also known as Bauernfangen, is a trick taking card game played in Austria.  It can be played with 4 or 5 players, and it uses a small 20 card deck.  In this game, there is no trump suit, and the deck ranges from 10’s (low) up through Ace (high) in each suit.

The game is played for 8 rounds.  During the first four rounds, players are trying to avoid the Jacks.  In the last four rounds, players are trying to capture as many Jacks as possible.  Traditionally, this game is played for money with each Jack given a monetary value. 

THE CARDS & THE DEAL

To determine the first dealer, each player takes a card from the pack.  The player with the lowest ranking card deals first.  Shuffle and deal out the entire deck evenly.  In a four player game, each player will have 5 cards.  In a five player game, each player will have 4 cards.

THE PLAY

The player left of the dealer plays a card from their hand to the trick.  Each other player must follow suit if they can.  Once players cannot follow suit, they can play any card they want.  The highest card in the suit that led the trick wins.  The trick-winner leads.

Play continues as described for eight rounds with the deal passing left each round.  At the end of each round, tally up the score.

SCORING

During the first four rounds, players 먹튀사이트 points for each Jack they capture. 

Jack of Hearts = -4 points

Jack of Diamonds = -3 points

Jack of Spades = -2 points

Jack of Clubs = = -1 point

For the last four rounds, players win points for each Jack they capture.

Jack of Hearts = 4 points

Jack of Diamonds = 3 points

Jack of Spades = 2 points

Jack of Clubs = = 1 point

WINNING

The player with the most points at the end of the eighth round wins the game.

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