Play Farmers Online Free with Friends
Farmers is a free, Carcassonne-style tile-laying game you play online in your browser with friends. Draw a tile, grow the countryside, put your meeples to work on roads, cities and cathedrals — and lie your farmers down early, because the farms decide the endgame. Real-time multiplayer, no download and no account required.
2–5 players · ~35 min · free forever · Premium Games
How to play Farmers
- You always hold your NEXT tile, dealt in advance so you can plan while others play — only you see it. When your turn starts it flips face up for the whole table.
- Turn your tile any way you like and add it to the countryside. Edges must agree: roads meet roads, cities meet cities, fields meet fields.
- Then you may put ONE meeple to work on the tile you just laid — on its road, its city, its cathedral, or lying in a field as a farmer. Only if nobody already works that road, city, or field.
- A finished ROAD (both ends capped) pays 1 point per tile. A finished CITY (walls closed all round) pays 2 per tile plus 2 per flag. A CATHEDRAL pays 9 once all eight tiles surround it.
- When a feature finishes, its meeples come home to be used again. FARMERS never come home — they lie in their fields to the end.
- Tied for the most meeples on a shared feature? Everybody tied scores the full amount.
- When the last tile is placed, unfinished work pays small: 1 per tile (plus 1 per flag) for roads and cities, 1 per tile around an unfinished cathedral.
- Then the harvest: each farm pays 3 points per FINISHED city it touches, to whoever has the most farmers lying in it.
- Highest total rules the countryside. You have 7 meeples all game — spend them wisely.
Farmers FAQ
- Is Farmers the same as Carcassonne?
- It plays like the classic base game: the same 72 tiles, meeples on roads, cities, cathedrals and fields, the same scoring — including full farm scoring at the end. It is our own build with its own art.
- How does farm scoring work?
- A farmer lies in a field for the rest of the game. When the last tile is placed, every farm pays 3 points per finished city it touches, to whoever has the most farmers in it — ties pay everybody in full.
- How many can play?
- Two to five, and bots will fill any seat.
- How long does a game take?
- About 30 to 40 minutes — the 72-tile bag is the clock.
- Do I need an account?
- No. Type a name and play — no signup, no download, nothing to install. Making an account is optional and only exists to keep your stats, nickname and preferences across devices.
- Is it really free?
- Yes, all of it. Every game on Board Game Universe is free to play, with no premium tier holding anything back.
- Can I play on my phone?
- Yes. It runs in a mobile browser on phones and tablets as well as on a desktop — there is no app to download.
- How do I play with my friends?
- Start a table and send your friends the link. They open it, type a name, and sit down. Moves and table chat happen in real time.
- Can I play against the computer?
- Yes. Add a bot to any table and it plays a proper game — useful for filling a seat while you wait for a fourth.