RULEBOOK
In Gem Hens, players each control a hen capable of laying jeweled eggs. Specially bred by a crafty farmer who combined jewels and grain into a appetizing feed, your hens race into the barnyard for the tastiest (and most valuable) grain gems.
Players compete to see whose prized chicken can lay the most marvelous egg – a wonder suitable for a Tsar!!
The jeweled egg pieces are chunky and satisfying to hold, way nicer than the cardboard tokens most games give you. Our group of four finished a game in about 40 minutes and immediately wanted a rematch.
I was a bit nervous the theme would be gimmicky, but the hen-and-jewel breeding mechanic actually drives some genuinely tense decisions about which feed to prioritize. The rulebook is clear enough that we went from unboxing to our first real barnyard race in under fifteen minutes. My group's already
The jeweled egg concept is such a clever twist—my group couldn’t stop laughing when our hens raced to lay the flashiest gems. The rulebook is clear enough that we were playing within ten minutes of unboxing.