Pass The Ewe

Pass The Ewe

Designer: Jonathan A. Leistiko
Publisher: Invisible City Productions
Type: Card Game
Status: Free
Available from: http://www.invisible-city.com/play/420

Pass The Ewe is a relatively simple five-suited card game for three to six players and a highly-contested female sheep. You vie with your opponents for control of the ewe by bidding like-suited cards from your hand. The more heavily-contested the ewe is, the more points you get for claiming it, creating an interesting approach-avoidance tension when you’re actively pursuing the ewe.

Pass The Ewe requires a Poker deck, a totem to act as the ewe, and pencil and paper for keeping score. A four-player game takes about 40 minutes to play. Pass The Ewe’s unusual suit rank probably makes it appropriate for ages 10 and older, but younger children may also enjoy it.