When it comes to picking up chicks (or in this case hens), roosters display cocky behavior. In the card game Hens, players try to obtain cards in a chickenish way in order to rack up the most points. Will you rank highest in the pecking order or will it remain a sham of cockiness?
In the card game Hens, published by Little Rocket Games, players will pick up and discard cards in order to build a tableau of hens. There are hens of all shapes and sizes, and players try to group the different types of hens correctly to earn the most points.
Each turn a player takes two cards. Cards one player can take from the central draw pile or from the discard piles of the other players. So pay close attention to which cards you discard, because another rooster can just pick them. Next, the active player places a card on his tableau, but this is subject to certain placement rules. Cards may only be placed next to cards of the same color or directly up/down. If you cannot place a chicken, you must place a chicken coop. Next to a chicken coop you can place any other card, but these empty coops result in minus points at the end of the game.
During the game, players must also place their rooster. At the end of the game you get points for the open shared targets, the largest group of hens of the same species and the group of the rooster, but it should not be the same group, otherwise you will lose a lot of points.
This eggciting card game is easy to explain and plays smoothly. The beautiful artwork makes Hens an attractive pasttime that will not drive you cuckoo.
