Gøy På Landet

"Gøy på landet" means "fun in the countryside" and is a name of a Norwegian childrens song. In this game the players take the role of farmers. By sowing vegetables an grain every spring and harvest at the end of every year the players shall gain so much money that they can afford to buy the local palace.

The players move their playing pieces along the outer border of the game board. There are 108 squares and they are divided into 4 seasons and 12 months, so that one trip around the game board is one year. In the middle of the game board there is a picture showing the village and the different properties and forests the players can own.

For every new year each player decides which of the six available grains and vegetables to sow. He then buys as many growth counters of these types that he wants (or can afford) an then sows them on his fields. Now the players need to make it grow as much as possible, so that they can have plenty to sell when harvesting in August or September.

Some squares are marked with an X. When a player stops at one of these he might draw a growth card. On the growth cards there are written a number from one to three and this number shows how many new growth counters the player can add to his fields. (But it has to be of one of the sorts that he's already sowed).

When you decide to harvest you count all the growth counters on your fields and returns them to the bank and receive money for them. How much money you get for each growth counter decides on the size of your farm. (Larger farms can grow more). There are three different sizes of the farms, and players should buy a larger one as soon as they can afford it.

Some of the other squares on the board lets the players draw event cards. There are four different piles of event cards, one for each season. The event cards can bring good or bad news, and it might happen only to the player drawing the card or to all players. Examples of event cards:

• Bought a new suit. Pay 500,- kroner
• Your cow gets a calf. You receive 400,- kroner from the bank at the end of the year
• Night frost: If you are in September remove one growth counter of your own choice

New year

When a player has moved his playing piece all the way around the board (i.e. gone through a whole year) he might not start on a new round(as in Monopoly) but he has to wait until all the players have gone through the year as well. Then the players can buy a larger farm, buy or sell forests, new growth counters and new insurance policies. When all players are done trading, you start on with a new year.

Winning the game

The first player to buy the palace is the winner.

Reader comments

Jan Fitjar:


Heisann! Flott med en slik side med mange spill. Vi har funnet frem til vårt gamle "Gøy på landet" spill men selvsagt mangler det en del. Finnes det noen som selger dette spillet lenger?

Erlend S.Nicolaysen:


Hei, eg ein yngre kar. Men eg har spelt "Gøy på landet" og eg syntes det var kjempe kult. (Det er ein del annerledes enn dei spela som er ute i dag). Eg har og lagt nye speleregler til dette spelet. I desse er det lagt til kjøp og slakt av dyr og andre ting som høyrer med til ein bondegård.

Du kan finne speleregelen på www.freewebz.com/erlendsn

leif vidar nesset:


kjempespill! det ER gøy på landet, jeg bor der og kan bekrefte dette. Det eneste jeg kan sette fingeren på er prisene det blir opperert med i denne spilleverden -det er litt vel datert, men slikt kan man vel leve med (det er jo bare et spill). Så ja, kjøp dette spillet den som kan, og lat som dere er meg, leif vidar!

Henriette:


dette er et så bra spil.max 10p fått 9p

John Payne:


I've been looking for a recording of this song, and having a terrible time. Do you happen to have one? I sang it in college, and am looking for an original.

Thanks a million

John Payne

GØY PÅ LANDET

Kan tro vi to har fått det gøyog hyggelig på landet
for vi har leid et hus som eren time ifra vannet!
Og her er gris og høner, tenk,og mange store kuer,
og her er sikkert hundre tusenmillioner fluer!

:/: Gøy på landet!, gøy på landet!
Sant no' ha'kke vi i by'n! :/:

Hege:


Hvor kan jeg kjøpe dette spillet?

Bern:


Damm er nødt til å relansere dette spillet.......!!!!!

Åse Marit Krogstad:


Jeg har mange gode minner fra dette spillet, men spillet har dessverre forsvunnet. Er det noen som kan selge meg dette spillet blir jeg og min familie svært glade.

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