Herd Mentality

Guess what everyone else will write and hope you're basic enough to avoid the dreaded Pink Cow.

πŸ‘₯ 4–20 players⏱ approx. 30 minπŸͺ„ Rules in 5 min8+
β˜… 6.1 Β· BGG #2,464

Who it's for

Huge groups and family gatherings who want a dead-simple, hilarious icebreaker with almost no rules to explain.

Not for you if…

You want a deep strategic game, because this one is pure crowd-reading fun with essentially no decisions.

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Vibe's take

silly, social, fast, chaotic, hilarious

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About this game

Herd Mentality asks a wonderfully vague question, something like naming the best sauce, and your only job is to write down whatever you think most of the herd will also write. Match the majority and everyone who guessed the same thing earns a cow token; stand alone with the one weird answer nobody else picked and you're stuck holding the dreaded Pink Cow, unable to win until someone else takes your place. First to eight cows without that pink cow wins the herd. It needs no strategy at all, just a good read on how basic your friends secretly are.

Match the herd's majority answerDreaded Pink Cow penaltyScales up to twenty players

By the numbers

Players

Best at 7–9 playersWorks with 5–14

Duration

20–30 min

Ages 8+

Complexity

1.0 / 5 β€” Very Light

BGG Rating

6.1/10

Rank #2,464

4.0k ratings

Published

2020

Language

Moderate text

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