Super Farmer

A family game for 2 to 6 players in age seven or more

What’s in the box Game setup

• 2 special 12-sided dices with pictures of the At the beginning, no one has any animals. Place all the
animals counters in the box. These will make a common stock.
• 128 cardboard counters with following animals:
o 60 rabbits, Breeding
o 24 sheep The game is played in turns taken by subsequent players.
o 20 pigs On your turn, you roll the dice (both dice are always rolled
together). If you get the same animals on both dice (i.e. the
o 12 cows
same symbols), you receive that animal from the common
o 6 horses stock (from the box).
o 4 small dogs After few turns, you can have a few animals. If you have
o 2 large dogs animals in your stock, after roll you receive as many animals
• exchange chart from common stock, as many you have full pairs of the same
species (including the par on dice).
• manual

A bit of history Examples

1. If you have 6 rabbits and 1 pig, and your rolled
Polish mathematician, Karol Borsuk, designed Super
rabbit and pig, you receive 3 rabbits and 1 pig
Farmer in Warsaw, Poland, during the II world war.
(because you have 6 rabbit counters and one
Originally named “The Animals Herding”, the game was
rabbit symbol on a dice, that is 7 rabbits, so
created in 1943.
there are 3 complete pairs; 1 pig counter and
When Germans have closed Polish high schools during one pig symbol are one full pair).
the war, professor Borsuk lost his job. Needing money for
2. If you have six rabbits and one pig, and your
living, Borsuk conceived a boardgame to increase his family
rolled sheep and pig, you receive 1 pig only.
profits.
3. If you have 5 rabbits and 1 cow and you roll is
First set created at home by Borsuk’s wife soon gained
sheep and pig, you receive nothing.
great popularity among the friends and strangers. Soon the
phone at Borsuks’ home ringed often and someone’s voice 4. If you have 4 rabbits, 2 sheep and 1 horse, and
asked, “Is there animal herder?” “Yes, Badger at the phone,” you rolled 2 pigs, you receive 1 pig (as usual,
answered the professor then (the game of words – in English when the symbols on dice doubles).
professor’s name means badger). Note: You cannot get a horse or a cow until you
Unfortunately, most copies of the original game were lost exchange some other species for one of these, because only
during rising in Warsaw in 1944, but the last preserved copies one dice displays the cow and the other one the horse. You
allowed the revival and recover of the nearly extinct design. can get first horse or cow by exchange only.

The Rules of the Game Exchange chart

1 sheep = 6 rabbits,
Introduction 1 pig = 2 sheep,
You are animal herder, wishing to become a Super 1 cow = 3 pigs,
Farmer. Your animals breed and herds grows, what brings 1 horse = 2 cows,
you profit. You can exchange raised animals for other species 1 small dog = 1 sheep,
if you find this exchange profitable. To become a Super
1 big dog = 1 cow.
Farmer you must gather livestock including at last one horse,
cow, pig, sheep and rabbit. However, be warned! In
neighborhood, the wolf and the fox are hunting for your
animals.

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Exchanges equal to 1 pig, and a sum of three pigs give 1
cow).
On a very beginning of your turn, before making a roll,
you can make one exchange with a common stock or another 3. If you have one horse, you can, for example,
player. exchange it for 1 cow, 2 pigs and 2 sheep.

• You can exchange animals with common stock

only if there are available animals you wish to Losing the animals
obtain; If you roll a fox on one of the dice, you lose all the
• or you can propose a exchange to fellow player rabbits. Put their counters back into the common stock.
(but she/he can refuse).
You must make exchanges according to the table. If you roll a wolf on other dice, you lose all the animals
However, you can exchange many animals for one or vice except horse and small dog (if one of these or both are in
versa, one animal for few others (if the numbers found in the your possession). Proceed as above and return the animals to
chart are met). Bidding or other bargains are forbidden. the common stock.

If the common stock is nearly empty, a player making an More examples

exchange or having a successful roll receives only as many Small dog keeps you safe from the fox. Large dog
animals, as there are available in stock. Any rights to missing protects your stock from the effects of wolf.
ones are lost. Example: If you should receive 4 rabbits after a
roll, and there are only 3 rabbits in stock, you get last three
If you roll wolf and fox, and you have small dog, but you
ones and your turn is over.
do not have large one, you lose all the animals except horse.
If you roll a fox and you have small dog, no one animal is
Examples lost, but small dog returns to the common stock. If you roll a
1. Let’s say you have 6 rabbits and 2 cows. There wolf and you have large dog, no one animal is lost, but large
are possible three exchanges: You can swap 6 dog returns to the common stock.
rabbits for one sheep or two cows for a horse. Note! Large dog does not keep safe from the fox!
Alternatively, you can change one cow for 3
pigs. Game ends
2. You have 6 rabbits, 1 sheep and 2 pigs. This
Player, who has in his stock one horse, cow, pig, sheep
time you can exchange this stock for one cow
and rabbit at once, becomes a Super Farmer. Other players
(because 6 rabbits give 1 sheep, 2 sheep are
may continue the game. Good luck!

Note: This is a translation of instruction leaflet found in the box of the game, a bit shorted in history section.
Translated by Lukasz Pogoda (BoardGameGeek: stalkeroi) <stalkeroi { at } wp { dot } pl> version 1.0