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MOW

Grow your herd of cows for points while shoving the score-killing flies onto everyone else.

Bruno Cathala's featherweight card game where cows earn points and flies wreck them. You build a herd across the table, but the same plays that grow your cattle can saddle you with flies that gut your score. Fast, cheeky and scalable all the way up to ten players.

Cows score, flies wreck your totalScales to a rowdy ten playersRuns in about fifteen minutes

Who it's for

Big groups wanting a short, light card game with a mischievous streak.

Not for you if…

You want depth or strategy, since this is deliberately slight and luck-flecked.

Vibe's take

Breezy, cheeky and quick, with just enough take-that to keep a big table poking at each other.

#5,482 on BGG

of over 30,000 ranked board games

Published 2008 · 18 years ago

older than 82% of games

In 2,834 collections

collected more than 40% of games

2–10 players · ages 6+

Best with 4 or 6 · publisher: 7+

about 15 min

shorter than 93% of games · typical 30–90 min

Complexity: light

Explained in 5 minutes · 1.1 out of 5 · lighter than 91%

Opinions: usual spread

A normal range of ratings

Language: no text

Playable without the language

Play style: competitive

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