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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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Battleship

Battleship

Setup Players 2 Materials Battleship Game Set that includes: two battleship game boards, White pegs, Red pegs, Two ships two squares long (the destroyer), Four ships three squares long (the cruiser and the submarine), Two ships four squares long (the battleship) and...

Jenga

Jenga

SetupNumber of Players More than one, but there is no maximum. 4 to 5 seems to be best to have a good rate of play Supplies Needed A Jenga set of wooden blocks. The official set comes with 54, but you can always add as many as you want Notes Set up the blocks in rows...

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...

Yahtzee

Yahtzee

SetupMaterials To play the game, you will need the Official Yahtzee Game or five dice, a scorepad, and a pencil. Objective The objective of Yahtzee is to score the most points by filling in the different categories on the scorepad. Points are earned by rolling certain...

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...

Backgammon

Backgammon

Setup To play Backgammon, you will need a game set that includes 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...

Uno

Uno

SetupTo play Uno, you will need a deck of Uno cards, which can be purchased at most toy or department stores. The deck includes 108 cards, with four suits (red, yellow, green, blue) and 25 of each color (0-9). The players are dealt 7 cards each, and the remaining...

Beer Die

Beer Die

SetupPlayers 4 (two teams of two) Materials Pair of dice A table 4 glasses or cups of equal size Beer or drink of choice Chairs (if playing seated) ObjectiveThe object of beer die is to be the first team to reach 11 points by trying to make your die in your opponents'...

Kemps

Kemps

How to Set Up KempsNumber of Players 4, 6, or 8 (teams of two) Supplies Needed A standard deck of 52 playing cards (no jokers) Set Your Secret Signal Meet with your partner to determine a non-verbal gesture that will be used later in the game to signal that your team...

Spoons

Spoons

SetupNumber of Players 2-8 Supplies Needed Full deck of 52 standard playing cards (no jokers) Spoons - one less than the number of players Seating / Spoon Setup Players will sit in a circle around a table with a circle of spoons placed in the middle. Deal Play high...

Crazy Eights

Crazy Eights

SetupNumber of Players 2-5 Supplies Needed Full deck of 52 standard playing cards (no jokers) Card Rank / Scoring There isn’t card rank in Crazy Eights, but you do earn points by getting rid of all your cards first and collecting the remaining cards from your...

Spades

Spades

SetupNumber of Players 4 Supplies Needed Full deck of 52 standard playing cards (no jokers) Card Rank Ace High (A, K, Q, J, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2) Spades trump all suits. This means that even the lowest spade (2) would trump the highest non-spade card (e.g. Ace...