The History of Picture Dice and Collecting Games
Games with pictures instead of numbers and cards to collect are among the first games small children play - this one combines both.
Pictures Instead of Numbers
Children can play with pictures long before they can read or count. That is why many games for small children use dice and cards with pictures instead of numbers: animals, colours or simple signs show what to do.
Collecting a Set
Collecting one of each kind is an old idea in card games. Children know it from quartet and pairing games: you want the missing piece, and you can see what the others still need.
Farm Animals
Cows, sheep, pigs, hens and horses are among the first animals children learn to name. Picture books, toys and games for little ones have used them for a long time, because everyone knows them and they look different from each other.
This Version
Pasture Friends was invented for PaperGames, with its own rules and its own drawings. The computer opponent sends back the cards it does not need and tries not to help the others.