Rusty on the RulesMarket Fresh rules refresher
Get back into Market Fresh in 8 minutes: a spoken refresher of the setup, how a turn goes, the rules people often forget, and how the game ends and is scored. Made for people who have played before. Listen on the way to game night and start playing without opening the rulebook.
2026 · Avalon Hill · 1–4 players · 2 min 31 s in the feed
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- How to win
- Basic setup
- Core mechanics
- Gameplay example
Rules quiz
How much of Market Fresh do you still remember? Each question opens on its answer.
When stacking a crate on top of crates already on your shopfront, how much of the new crate has to match what lies beneath it?
At least half of your crate must match the produce on the crate directly beneath it, and you may overlap two crates at once.
What happens if you cannot add any of your crates to your shopfront on your turn?
You remove one of your crates from the game and move your Score Cube back one space.
How do you earn the perfectly fresh bonus, and what is it worth?
If both halves of your new crate match the produce beneath them, you score 5 bonus points.
When placing a Farmer Tile on the Market Board, what do you do if the space for your score is already taken?
You drop to the next lowest free space in that column, and if there is no free space below, you cannot place there.
At game end, how are points for most Farmer Tiles awarded when two players tie for the most?
Each tied player gets the full 16 points, the second rank is skipped, and the next player gets only 4.