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Brian Oddo

I'm the founder of The Game Farm. I've been playing games ever since I could match block shapes together. From cards to sports, I love it all. Find me at your local brewery playing Euchre or on Wednesday during kickball. I created The Game Farm to help people keep life fun and competitive.

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Farkle

Farkle

SetupPlayers 2+ players  Materials 6x standard dice Pen and paper to track scores Scoring Players compete to reach 10,000 points to win the game. Alternatively, you can agree on another winning threshold and aim to reach a 1,000 or 5,000, for instance, here’s how...

Never Have I Ever

Never Have I Ever

Setup Players 5-10+ Materials A group of friends! Additional Setup Notes   Some variations of Never Have I Ever will incorporate alcohol for a fun and easy drinking game. In this version of Never Have I Ever, players will need beverages and alcohol. Objective The...

Pizza Box

Pizza Box

SetupPlayers 3-10 Materials A table A pizza box or flat cardboard surface (but every party has pizza!) A coin A Sharpie or marker Drink of choice Additional Setup Notes Pizza Box is best played with beer or seltzers, as hard liquor can be a recipe for disaster....

King’s Cup

King’s Cup

SetupPlayers 3-10 Materials Deck of cards Beverages Cup Additional Setup Notes Supply a variety of drinks for this game, as drinking hard liquor could spell trouble Objective King’s Cup, also called “Ring of Fire” or “Circle of Death,” is a classic drinking game that...

Golf

Golf

SetupPlayers 2-3 players (4 or more can play with more than one deck of cards) Materials A standard deck of 52 card (two decks are used with more than 4 players) A sheet of paper to record the score Scoring Aces are 1 point 2s are -2 points 3-10s are face value Jacks...

Catch Phrase

Catch Phrase

SetupPlayers Any number, divided into two evenly sized teams Materials Electronic Catch Phrase device or a large quantity of paper slips with words/phrases written on them Scoring When the timer expires, the team not  guessing earns a point The game ends when one team...

Flip Cup

Flip Cup

SetupPlayers Any number, divided into two equal teams Materials One plastic, disposable cup per person  A beverage to fill the cups A table to stand around (one team on each side Objective Race the opposing team to flip all of your cups upside down first.Gameplay...

Jacks or Better

Jacks or Better

SetupPlayers 2-5 players  Materials Standard Deck of 52 Playing Cards Poker Chips A Dealer’s coin (optional) Additional Setup Notes The standard order of poker hands is in effect (High card, pair, two pair, etc.) In straights, Aces can either play high or low but...

Scrabble

Scrabble

SetupThe components of a Scrabble game are a playing board, 100 letter tiles, a tile rack for each player, and scoring tools (pencil and paper). Each player uses their letter tiles to take turns creating words on the game board.Scoring To win at Scrabble, you must...

Pictionary

Pictionary

Setup To play Pictionary, you will need paper, pens or markers, and a word or phrase list. You can also purchase a Pictionary game board and cards. The players are divided into teams, and one player from each team is chosen to draw while the others guess the word or...

Backgammon

Backgammon

Setup To play Backgammon, you will need a board, two sets of 15 checkers (each set should be one color, traditionally one set is white and the other set is black), two dice and a doubling cube. The players sit across from each other and the board is placed between...

Cards Against Humanity

Cards Against Humanity

SetupPlayers         A minimum of 4 players Materials         (1) pack of Cards Against Humanity cards Scoring         The best answer from each round wins an “Awesome Point.”  Additional Setup Notes         Create two stacks of cards- the white “answer card” stack...