North Star Games Happy Salmon Card Game

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It was quite late and I didn't know these people, but I did it anyway because they promised it was quick and they were excited about it. A player can almost always find a partner in Pit, and even when they can’t there are plays to be made (splitting a set, changing the collected suit). Our artists, game designers, and sometimes even the founders all use it, as well as a collection of people who post house rules, custom cards, tips, and strategy.

By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. Nathan Beeler : Initially, Happy Salmon felt like Pit with a silly physicality literally slapped on it.Perfect for families, youth groups, conventions and other gatherings, it’s a game that knows it’s niche and fills it well.

And even though the game is still loud, the loudness is hyper-condensed to a brief two-minute burst where people just mostly shout the name of an action before quickly moving on.Our promise to you - you can’t lose – join today and if you receive less points back from purchases than the fee you have paid for your membership for 12 months, we will give you the difference back in points.

The game comes with a suite of cards and each player gets an identical deck to shuffle and start with, the only difference being that they have different coloured backs. The actions are: High Five (fairly obvious), Pound It (a fist bump), Switcheroo (swap places) and Happy Salmon (a ridiculous flappy arm movement). Happy Salmon gets around both of those by being very, very brief and by inherently being about cooperation. Mostly when I play games I want to relax, and beat the snot out of my stupid friends through the cardboard medium. As you can see, these actions are definitely active – fist bumps, high-fives, slapping arms, and running around.Just like her on that occasion though I am not complaining because this is a really fun game and one that I look forward to playing with my boys and friends again and again. The cards have cheerful depictions of fish indicating what you have to do on each card, but I reckon most people would understand without them! After two short games at Origins, I was already hoarse from yelling and slightly winded from laughing through the whole experience.

Hopefully, you will find someone else who is yelling the same thing (and thus has the same card up on his deck). The recently release of the Blue Happy Salmon effectively ups the player count to 12 and these games are a delightful manic medley of mayhem. There’s no reason to expect that this won’t see the same success as the green ‘core’ set, and later this year it will be followed by ‘ Funky Chicken‘, which is the same game except with dance moves and a case shaped like a chicken. Not necessarily because it (used to) come(s) in a fish, or because its mechanics are revolutionary or because you'll be challenged mentally and spiritually while playing; it's so good because it makes some of the best use of the players that are standing around the table. There's four actions; a high five, a fist bump, switching places with another player, and the titular "happy salmon" where players slap each-other's forearms in a way that's meant to simulate a fish flapping around in dry land.The card names are slightly revised from Happy Salmon’s earlier release, with the excellently-titled Fish Bump replacing Pound It! PayPal Credit and PayPal Pay in 3 are trading names of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH. It seems against the Salmon spirit to continually flip through your deck until you find a match (though I might try that sometime just to see if it’d work). Originally designed by Ken Gruhl and Quentin Weir, Happy Salmon has been reimagined by Exploding Kittens with new artwork and updated rules. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform.