If your idea of a good evening is building a tidy little engine while nothing tries to kill you, Grassfed is worth a look. It is a cosy deck-building game for 1 to 4 players about running a regenerative farm, and it comes from Stone Blade Entertainment, the studio behind Ascension, one of the deck-builders that helped popularise the genre, working alongside an actual regenerative farmer.
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Start organising for freeThe pitch is gentle competition rather than confrontation. You improve your soil, care for your animals and grow nutrient-rich crops, all while assembling a deck that mirrors the ecosystem you are slowly rebuilding. Stone Blade sums it up as "grow the best farm, build the best deck, feed the world." It is a long way from the fantasy battles of Ascension, and that is rather the point: this is a game you can put in front of people who bounce off aggression and take-that mechanics.
Cosy gaming has been one of the hobby's steadiest growth areas, and Grassfed leans into it, right down to a promise that the finished game will be entirely AI-free art, a detail the studio is putting front and centre for a genre whose fans tend to care about it.
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Find events near youGrassfed is on Gamefound now to follow, with the campaign due to launch this harvest season. If you like the sound of a farm sim you can actually share across the table, round up a few friends who prefer their game nights calm and see who is up for a session near you.
Sources: Grassfed on Gamefound | Gamefound campaign update
