Happy Turkey Day! Rulebook

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

• Components
• Setup
• Gameplay
• End of the Game and Winning

Components

• 5 Coop cards
• 1 Thanksgiving card
• 1 Farmer card
• 30 Action cards (5 in each player color)
• 70 Feed cards (14 each of 5 kinds)
• 20 Fat tokens
• 5 Diet Feed tokens

Setup

1. Lay out the five Coop cards in a row.
2. Each player takes the Action cards in one color.
3. Shuffle all the Feed cards, then shuffle the Thanksgiving card together with the bottom eight cards of the deck.
4. Give the Farmer card to the slimmest person.

Gameplay

The game is played over a number of rounds. Each round consists of the following five steps:

1. In order, place one Feed card on each Coop.

2. The Farmer decides this round's "Diet Feed."

3. Everyone chooses one Action card and places it face down in front of them.

4. Reveal all face-down Action cards at the same time, and gain feed or lose weight according to the Action cards played.

The player who played a Coop card takes all the Feed in that Coop. If several people played the same number, the thinner chicken runs faster and first takes half of the Feed (rounded up). The second-thinnest then takes half, and so on.

The player who played a Diet Feed card discards all of the Diet Feed in their hand.

5. Pass the Farmer card to the player on your left.

But the world is not always so kind...

When any Coop contains three different kinds of Feed cards, the Farmer thinks, "Why is there so much feed left?" and comes out to take a look:

(1) First, the Farmer looks for the chicken that is fattest, the one best suited to be the Thanksgiving turkey. The more Feed cards a player has, the fatter they are. The fattest player takes two Fat tokens, and the second-fattest player takes one Fat token.

(2) Next, the Farmer looks for the chicken that is thinnest, the one that must be force-fed. The thinnest player is forced to take all of the Feed in that Coop.

If there is a tie for fattest or thinnest, the player closer to the Farmer in clockwise order acts first. The player holding the Farmer card is the closest, the player on their left is the second closest, and so on. Feed is taken first, Fat is taken first, and force-feeding happens first. Whether it is good or bad, they meet it first.

"Master, have mercy! I've already succeeded at losing weight, so why are you still going to slaughter me?" @@

End of the Game and Winning

The moment the Thanksgiving card is turned over, the Farmer is ready to prepare the Thanksgiving feast!!!

1. First, the fattest chicken when the Thanksgiving card is turned over takes two Fat tokens, and the second-fattest takes one Fat token.
2. The chicken with the most Fat tokens in total is taken directly to be slaughtered. If several players are tied for most Fat tokens, they are all slaughtered at the same time.
3. The chickens that survive score points based on their Feed cards. Divide your Feed cards into groups, where each group must consist of completely different kinds of Feed. A group of 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 cards scores 1, 3, 6, 10, or 15 points respectively. Add up the points from all your groups to get your total score. The player with the highest score wins!

See the example in the source rulebook's illustration (not reproduced here).