Top Sites Tuesday #33 – Board Games

Posted by AngelBaby on November 9, 2009

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The Theme for this week is ……
“What is your favorite Board Game or
What was your favorite time playing a Board Game?”

Only one? I don’t think I can do just one, well maybe!

Pig Mania

The Pigs

Years ago my family and I loved to play Pig Mania for hours. We had so much! Yelling and laughing, oh did we get silly. Of course the game itself is very silly. If the pigs land on each other when tossed it is called making bacon, if you know what I mean! Then there was the trotter, the snouter and many more depending on how the pigs landed after each toss. You would get points for each different way the pigs landed. The cup you shook the pigs in was called the pig sty. As you can see this is one fun game to play. We used to have pot lucks and invite friends to play the game with us. We would have fun disagreeing with the one shaking the pigs saying it was something other than they thought. It was not unusual for one of the guys to out his face against the table to make sure it was a snouter or a trotter. Then they would all have to check it out to make sure.

We would laugh at each other when we lost points or a turn. Yes, we would get a little out of control but boy did we have fun! I am sure that people could hear us laughing and hollering for blocks. I still have that game ………. anyone want to play?

Here are the rules to the game:

Each turn involves one player throwing two model pigs, each of which has a dot on one side only. The player will have points either given or taken away, based on the way the pigs land (see below). Each turn lasts until the player throwing either rolls the pigs in a way that wipes out their current turn score or decides to stop their turn, add their turn score to their total score and pass the pigs to the next player. The winner is the first player to score a total of 100.

• Single Pig
  • The pig is lying on its side – 0 Points
  • Razorback – The pig is lying on its back – 5 Points
  • Trotter – The pig is standing upright – 5 Points
  • Snouter – The pig is leaning on its snout – 10 Points
  • Leaning Jowler – The pig is resting on its snout and ear – 15 Points
• Both Pigs
  • Sider – The pigs are on their sides, either both with the spot facing upward or both with the spot facing downward – 1 Point
  • Double Razorback – The pigs are both lying on their backs – 20 Points
  • Double Trotter – The pigs are both standing upright – 20 Points
  • Double Snouter – The pigs are both leaning on their snouts – 40 Points
  • Double Leaning Jowler – The pigs are both resting between snouts and ears – 60 Points
  • Mixed Combo – A combination not mentioned above is the sum of the single pigs score
  • Pig Out – If both pigs are lying on their sides, one with the spot facing upwards and one with the spot facing downwards the score for that turn is reset to 0 and the turn changes to the next player
  • Makin’ Bacon (or Oinker) – If both pigs are touching, then the total score is reset to 0 and the turn changes to the next player
  • Piggyback – If one pig lands completely resting on top of the other, then the player is out of the game.
  • Out of table – when playing on a table, if any pig falls, then you lose 10 points

Ok, I know you are shocked that I only did one game. Honestly could any other game even begin to compete with Pig Mania? This one is the best and the silliest game I have ever played. Oh, is it fun!

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Love and Blessings,
AngelBaby

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