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Game Info
Year
2013
Players
2-6
Age
10+
Playtime
40 min
Collection
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Description
As pig farmers in Happy Pigs, players compete on raising healthy pigs by executing strategic combinations of “Actions” (Feed, Mate, Purchase, and Sell) and “Tools” (Vaccines, Nutritional Supplements and Birth Amulets) for each round. Both the frequency to take these “Actions” and the number of “Tools” a player can purchase are restricted by the number of players choosing to take the same action in any given round. Also, from time to time there are unexpected events (such as Pig Shows and Sausage Fest) which offer players great opportunities to outperform their peers.
There are four rounds to each season, and all unvaccinated pigs die at each season change. The game concludes at the end of four seasons, when all pigs are sold off at different prices in accordance with their sizes. The player with the highest profit at the end wins the game.
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Meeple University Top 10 List at 19:21 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Delightfully cute art with cube-shaped animals
- Intelligent marketing that contrasts with the theme
- Good as a go-to game after heavy games
Cons
- Cover art is a 'complete lie' compared to game's darker undertones
Thematic elements
- Pig farming (deceptively marketed)
- Pig farm
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Programming — A mechanic where players plan actions in advance.
- Set Collection — Collecting sets of pigs to sell for bacon.
- Simultaneous action selection — Players try not to have the same action as their opponents to maximize their actions.
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- When a board game's sitting on the shop on the shelf sometime and get me interested to actually purchase it Oh on Kickstarter but more especially in boy game shop
- I almost pick a game based on pick a design based on the color on the spine and just liking the color palette and so you'll see that a bit through the first three that come up they're all guys or I really like the color palette on the spine and it transfers on to the front as well
- The reason is Tarrant started at pointing at board game covers originally and we sometimes think that you know when a board games sitting on the shop on the shelf sometime and get me interested to actually purchase it
- It's a book look the magnetic strip it's just the McCulloch I'm not gonna start saying the color plant pellet the color is good is golden with black keys it looks like an old just antique book
- This is a pizza box pizza box literally look but it is the what game food what game it's amazing
- it's excellent marketing it's yes taking the marketability to the next level
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Meeple University Analysis at 22:26 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Directly affects opponents' choices.
- Can put yourself in a position where any of the actions would work.
- Neat little game.
Cons
- Can get stuck in a situation where there's only one obvious thing to do.
- Slightly underrated.
Thematic elements
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Simultaneous action selection — Players select actions simultaneously behind a screen, with the choices directly affecting opponents.
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- For me it's quite important let's say you find out about the game or somebody suggests it to you a game you know that you know just like in this game have you heard this my automatic response would be to go to war game get calm page and then look at it and in my eyes guys from the title do the I remember it's on the on the desktop anyway I think on on the mobile phone or mobile the fastest different the title and obviously the picture make sure it's the right game and then my eyes go to the right down for mechanics first thing every time before going through the description
- Mechanics for me it's the quickest one of the quickest way to find out what's the game's about
- The mechanics are less important than the the tightness of the game
- A giant tableau eventually breaks my brain
- I think the perfect engine builder is is the one where you're basically winning or losing not on the quality of your engine but when
- Mechanics for me it's the quickest one of the quickest way to find out what's the game's about.
- I think overall for me the mechanics are less important than the the tightness of the game.
- You want the actions that other players are taking to have a significant impact on your options or the profitability in your options.
- Simultaneous action and turn order drafting.
- Colome is another one I can see up there on the shelf with simultaneous oh yes he's got that same happy pigs thing yeah where you don't want to pick the most popular action and you've got a look at what around what people can do because again you can you can get yourself stuck in a situation where there's only one obvious thing for you to do and if that happens it's that's it I don't want to lose that for nobody so you gotta feed that into your strategy.
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UndeadVikingVideos Discussion at 2:02:24 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
none
Cons
none
Thematic elements
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
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No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- I'm not an image guy.
- Oh, my God, me and I look so freaking young.
- We're innovators.
- I don't know how to like talk about the game without like It's It's incredibly complicated.
- I don't know how to win that game.
- The raw and write is really good. Which is and it's really simple.
- It's a trading card game where the sizzle is more than the steak there.
- Harvest now, decrypt later.
- I feel like I've talked about it for a long time.
- You got to watch The Blues Brothers.
- He's the second coolest guy of all time.
- We're only on two We've only done two slides.
- This is a super super deep cut.
- I don't know what the name of this thing.
- This is a movie that was on HBO or Cinemax all the time when we were kids.
- My favorite movie of all time.
- You don't know what you're talking about, man.
- There's not that many laughs.
- This is a deep deep deep deep cut.
- We're trying to throw our goblins cuz like tossing goblins is the only thing I could think of.
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Meeple University Rules Teach
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Pros
none
Cons
none
Thematic elements
none
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- Hello and welcome to Meeple University
- And that's everything you need to know to play Happy Pigs.
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Meeple University Rules Teach at 0:06 sentiment: neutral
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Overall sentiment (raw)
neutral
Pros
- Events incentivize selling pigs at specific times.
- Family Day bonus requires having a variety of pig sizes.
- Pig Fair bonus rewards having the most big pigs.
Cons
- Imbalance in action distribution can occur if many players choose the same action.
Thematic elements
- pig farming
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- action selection — Players simultaneously and secretly select one of the actions they want to do in a round. Actions are then distributed based on player choices and turn order.
- Area Majority — The Pig Fair event awards a bonus to the player or players who have the most big pigs.
- Hand Management — Players use vaccines, dietary supplements, and amulets of life, discarding them to gain benefits.
- Resource Management — Players manage money, pigs of various sizes, pens, and supplements. Money is used to buy pigs and pens, and pigs need to be managed for vaccination, feeding, and mating.
- Set Collection — The Family Day bonus is awarded if a player has at least one of each of the four sizes of pig.
- Variable Phase Order — The game is played over 16 rounds, broken into four seasons, with specific events and vaccination requirements occurring at the end of each season.
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Quotes (from this video)
- Hello and welcome to Meeple University
- And that's everything you need to know to play Happy Pigs.
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TheGameBoyGeek - Hi Quality Hi Energy Board Game Reviews Top 100 List at 35:01 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- delightful production and thinkier than it looks
- accessible for families and new gamers
Cons
- may feel sandboxy or gentle for players seeking heavy euros
Thematic elements
- economic sandbox with light humor
- farm management and pig trading
- cartoonish and approachable
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- shared action pool — players select actions from a shared pool; over-synchronization reduces options
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Quotes (from this video)
- This is a gem and Kenitzia brilliance with Feld style.
- The action selection mechanism is the cog that makes this game go.
- This game is literally clue on steroids.
- So many fun, interesting little reveals as you're going through it.
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Our Family Plays Games Discussion at 20:22 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- cute artwork
- adorable pig design
- unique square-shaped aesthetic
- expansion with additional animals
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- farming
- animal husbandry
- agriculture
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- We need to respect one another regardless of race, creed, color, gender
- Let's just try to work together and be more proactive and productive as a society
- Games that just make us smile - when I think about them I just go yeah this makes you smile
- You can smile on every game because you win all of them
- I love the world that Ryan Loughton put together and it makes me smile
- When I know we're gonna put Dune on the table, I smile
- Parks gives me these pleasant memories
- I know I'm gonna have fun with my family and friends playing Ticket to Ride
- Now I can play in that Star Wars universe with Boba Fett and it makes me smile
- Our lists are like night and day
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