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Schweinebammel

Dump your pigs on the muck heap before anyone else, and watch out for the boar.

Designer
Inon Kohn
Published by
Drei Magier Spiele
Editions by
Gigamic

The pigs have climbed onto the muck heap and you want yours gone first. Everyone dumps pig cards as fast as they can, and the moment farmer Henry or the boar Eberhard shows up on top, the pile turns into a scramble.

Shed your hand in real time, not in turn orderFarmer and boar cards that flip the situationRounds short enough to replay instantly

Who it's for

Loud family tables of four to six, and anyone who wants a card game where the youngest player has a genuine chance.

Not for you if…

You want thinking time or turn order, or your group hates games decided by reaction speed. It also falls flat with two players and is hard to find outside German-speaking shops.

Vibe's take

Frantic and silly, played at speaking volume plus twenty percent. Rounds end almost as soon as they start.

#25,077 on BGG

of over 30,000 ranked board games

Published 2008 Β· 18 years ago

older than 82% of games

In 513 collections

collected more than 22% of games

2–6 players Β· ages 8+

Best with 3 or 4 or 5 or 6 Β· publisher: 6+

about 20 min

shorter than 84% of games Β· typical 30–90 min

Complexity: light

Explained in 5 minutes Β· 1.5 out of 5 Β· lighter than 72%

Language: no text

Playable without the language

Play style: competitive