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Unexploded Cow

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2001 · 2-6 players · 25min · weight 1.36 · 1,878 ratings

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ID
1690
Name
Unexploded Cow
Year
2001
Rank
3405
Min players
2
Max players
6
Playing time
25
Min playtime
25
Max playtime
25
Avg weight
1.3595
Num weights
153
Bayes avg
5.72897
Average
6.08661
Users rated
1878
Num owned
4115
Wanting
20
Wishing
164
Num comments
581
Fetched at
Sat Apr 25 2026 16:19:40 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (2)
Dice RollingSet Collection
Categories (5)
AnimalsCard GameEconomicHumorPrint & Play
Description (1182 chars)

Europe. Summer 1997. You and your most creative friends have discovered two problems with a common solution: mad cows in England and unexploded bombs in France. You've decided to bring these two powder kegs together just to see what happens – and you wouldn't say "no" to a little money on the side, so round up your herd, march them through France, and set them loose behind the Cordon Rouge. If you're lucky, you'll come home rich before Greenpeace gets hold of you. Either way, there's something magical about blowing up cows. Unexploded Cow is a money game in which players are trying to collect enough points to win the pot. On every turn, you will buy cows and pay for special effects by putting money in the pot, then try to discover bombs with your own cows in an effort to take money out of the pot. All along, you will be earning points from the French as you liberate town after town from the terrors of unexploded bombs, and the player who scores the most points gets whatever's left in the pot. Unexploded Cow is best played as a series of short games, each of which takes about thirty minutes. The game is quite simple and very chaotic: You'll have a blast.

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