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4	->Join the herd for 3 wild adventures!
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6	''Herd Your Horses'' is a board game built around life in horse herds, either wild mustangs or tamed rancher horses. Three different multiplayer adventure modes can utilize the same board, and there are also solitaire minigames.
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8	!!Multiplayer Game 1: Mustang Escape
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10	Players start as captured mustang stallions who escape on the first round of play. From there, players compete to gather NPC horses into herds and [[RunForTheBorder get to Green River Valley]].
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12	!!Multiplayer Game 2: Rancher's Round-Up
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14	The player characters are ranchers who chase horses that have already escaped. The goal of this game is to make it to the end with at least one representative of each breed of horse in the game.
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16	!!Multiplayer Game 3: Rancher's Revenge
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18	The player characters are ranchers who chase horses that have already escaped. This time, the horses you catch must be paired up based on matching coat colors or marks.
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23	[[folder: Tropes pertaining to all game versions]]
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25	* AlliterativeFamily: Mother and foal Freya and Frig, and twin foals Sun and Sand,
26	* CardboardPrison: The starting location is an easily escapable corral. In Mustang Escape, the player characters are mustangs who escape on the first round of play. In Rancher's Round-Up and Rancher's Revenge, the player characters are ranchers who chase horses that have already escaped.
27	* ColorCodedCharacters: Your player pieces are colored red, yellow, white, and black, and the the horses portrayed on those pieces are colored accordingly.
28	* CoolHorse: YMMV, but the game-makers did their best to invoke this trope.
29	* SmellySkunk: One of the locations on the board is named Flat Skunk Mesa. It's right next to [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Stinking Water]] Springs.
30	* WhiteStallion: One of the player tokens has a picture of such a horse. One of the bachelor stallions is also white.
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34	[[folder:Tropes pertaining to Mustang Escape]]
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36	* ButtBiter: A chance card features one of these. The offender gets kicked out of the herd (see GetOut).
37	* CasanovaWannabe: Bachelor Stallion cards represent NPC stallions who want to start their own herds. Players use these cards to remove mares from another player's herd - both the bachelor stallion and the stolen mare are returned to the bottom of the draw pile.
38	* GetOut: A chance card that forces you to discard a [[CasanovaWannabe Bachelor Stallion]] card reads: "A two-year-old colt... [[ButtBiter bites you on the backside]], so you kick him out of the herd."
39	* IHaveYouNowMyPretty: Any player can land on any other player and steal one of that player's mares. And the player ''characters'' are rival stallions...
40	* ImminentDangerClue: Only a mule can smell the wolves in one chance card. If you don't have a mule in your herd, you lose a horse.
41	* JumpScare: In-universe example, a chance card reads, "Laundry hanging on a clothesline spooks a Ranch horse. She [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere escapes the ranch and heads for the hills]]. You find her and lead her to your herd."
42	* LetsYouAndHimFight: A chance card reads, "Two stallions are fighting. You sneak off with one of their mares."
43	* ReducedToRatburgers: A watery example from a chance card: "A drought makes water scarce. You'll drink any water you can find." This card moves the player to [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Stinking Water]] Springs.
44	* YouAllMeetInACell: The game starts with the player characters (mustang stallions) in a [[CardboardPrison corral]].
45	* {{Xenofiction}}: You play as a horse and the story and adventure cards are written from the perspective of your horse character.
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49	[[folder:Tropes pertaining to Rancher's Round-Up]]
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51	* AgonyOfTheFeet: A chance card reads, "An ornery stallion steps on the foot of a rancher. While the rancher hops around and yells, a horse sneaks off. You find [the horse]."
52	* BoringButPractical: In-universe, switching to riding a mule. The chance card where you do this lets you catch an extra horse.
53	* JumpScare: In-universe examples from chance cards
54	** "Thunder and lightning stampede your herd."
55	** "[[SoMuchForStealth You take off your yellow rain slicker]] while chasing a wild herd. The herd is spooked by the sudden action and flees. Your spare horse follows them."
56	** "An upside down tumbleweed spooks your herd into a stampede."
57	* GottaCatchEmAll: The goal of this game is to make it to the end with at least one representative of each breed of horse in the game.
58	* HorsingAround: Some of the ways ranchers can lose horses to chance cards
59	** "A rancher's mount turns "barn sour," meaning it keeps heading for home. You catch it on the way."
60	** "One horse escapes from the rancher for the sixth time today. In disgust, the rancher tells you to keep the horse - if you can!"
61	** "Your green-broke horse (one that you just tamed) grabs the bit in its teeth and [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere bolts]]."
62	** "A former mustang, now a riding horse, senses an old mustang buddy in the area. It takes off, leaving you stranded."
63	* PityTheKidnapper: "A captured horse snorts and squeals all night. It keeps the whole camp awake. You turn the horse loose, gladly."
64	* ThePromisedLand: You and your herd are trying to get to safety in Green River Valley.
65	* ScaryStingingSwarm: A chance card reads, "A rancher's horse steps on a wasp's nest. The rancher takes off in a hurry with his/her herd close behind, but one of the horses joins your band."
66	* SoMuchForStealth: A chance card reads, "You take off your yellow rain slicker while chasing a wild herd. The herd is [[JumpScare spooked]] by the sudden action and flees. Your spare horse follows them."
67	* WatchOutForThatTree: One of the chance cards reads, "A tree branch sweeps the rancher on your right off a galloping horse. [[ImOkay The rancher is okay]], but you get the horse."
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71	[[folder:Tropes pertaining to Rancher's Revenge]]
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73	* AgonyOfTheFeet: A chance card reads, "An ornery stallion steps on the foot of a rancher. While the rancher hops around and yells, a horse sneaks off. You find [the horse]."
74	* BoringButPractical: In-universe, switching to riding a mule. The chance card where you do this lets you catch an extra horse.
75	* JumpScare: In-universe examples from chance cards
76	** "Thunder and lightning stampede your herd."
77	** "[[SoMuchForStealth You take off your yellow rain slicker]] while chasing a wild herd. The herd is spooked by the sudden action and flees. Your spare horse follows them."
78	** "An upside down tumbleweed spooks your herd into a stampede."
79	* HorsingAround: Some of the ways ranchers can lose horses to chance cards
80	** "A rancher's mount turns "barn sour," meaning it keeps heading for home. You catch it on the way."
81	** "One horse escapes from the rancher for the sixth time today. In disgust, the rancher tells you to keep the horse - if you can!"
82	** "Your green-broke horse (one that you just tamed) grabs the bit in its teeth and [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere bolts]]."
83	** "A former mustang, now a riding horse, senses an old mustang buddy in the area. It takes off, leaving you stranded."
84	* PityTheKidnapper: "A captured horse snorts and squeals all night. It keeps the whole camp awake. You turn the horse loose, gladly."
85	* ScaryStingingSwarm: A chance card reads, "A rancher's horse steps on a wasp's nest. The rancher takes off in a hurry with his/her herd close behind, but one of the horses joins your band."
86	* SoMuchForStealth: A chance card reads, "You take off your yellow rain slicker while chasing a wild herd. The herd is [[JumpScare spooked]] by the sudden action and flees. Your spare horse follows them."
87	* WatchOutForThatTree: One of the chance cards reads, "A tree branch sweeps the rancher on your right off a galloping horse. [[ImOkay The rancher is okay]], but you get the horse."

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