Pick Picknic
Fatten up your poultry with corn, bluff with hidden choices and keep the fox from snapping up your chickens.
- Designer
- Stefan Dorra
- Published by
- Zoch Verlag
Chickens, geese and ducks want corn, and a hungry fox wants the chickens. In Pick Picknic (2001), Stefan Dorra's remake of Razzia, everyone is working to fatten their poultry and collect the most nourishing corn. The game plays with cards and dice, and every round you secretly pick what to go after at the same time as everyone else, then reveal and see who gets what. The fox is always lurking, ready to snap up the incautious. It was sold as a children's game, and that is true, but adults like it too: it is quick, a bit of luck and a bit of bluff, with lovely artwork by Doris Matthäus. Best with five or six, over in about twenty minutes.
Who it's for
You want a lively card game that kids from around eight and adults can play together, with a table of five or six and a few minutes to spare.
Not for you if…
You want a deep strategy game. The luck and the cuteness are the point, and a fully grown-up group may find it slight.
Vibe's take
Quick, noisy and playful. Everyone reveals at once, so there is plenty of groaning and laughing, and luck keeps the stakes light enough for children.
Published 2001 · 25 years ago
older than 92% of games
In 4,086 collections
collected more than 50% of games
2–6 players · ages 6+
Best with 5 or 6 · publisher: 8+
about 20 min
shorter than 84% of games · typical 30–90 min
Complexity: light
Explained in 5 minutes · 1.2 out of 5 · lighter than 84%
Opinions: broad agreement
Most people rate it similarly
Language: no text
Playable without the language
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