The Farming Game

About this board game

The Farming Game is a farming board game for 2–6 players, with an approximate playing time of 120 minutes. First released in 1979, it challenges players to develop a part-time farm while working toward a net worth of $250,000.

Plant different crops and lease additional cattle grazing rights as you build your farming operation. The available resources can bring significant returns, but success depends on how those resources perform when harvest season arrives.

• Plant wheat, hay, and cherries.
• Lease additional cattle grazing rights.
• Manage potential price fluctuations at harvest.
• Handle additional costs of doing business.

Every harvest season brings the possibility of changing prices, so a resource that looks promising may not always pay out as expected. Alongside these fluctuations, your farm may face expenses such as fertilizer, equipment breakdowns, replanting, and labor problems.

The central goal is to grow your farm’s value enough to leave your day job behind and become a full-time farmer. However, reaching that ambition requires building your net worth while accounting for the costs and uncertainties that come with running the farm.

In The Farming Game, players compete to be the first to reach a total net worth of $250,000. Its combination of crop planting, grazing rights, harvest prices, and farming expenses creates a contest focused on developing resources and weathering changing financial circumstances.