/pic2345051.jpg)
Game Info
Year
2005
Collection
Your Tier
Loading…
Expansions & Family
/pic5575726.jpg){kind=small}
Mechanic profile
Not enough video data yet
Vibe profile
Not enough video data yet
Description
In Pickomino, two to seven players, ages 8 and up try to obtain fried worms for their chickens, so that they don't go hungry. Of course, anyone who doesn't manage to grab a worm off of the grill can help himself to those of his opponents. This fast-paced game by Reiner Knizia is, like Hick Hack im Gackelwack, a gambling game in the finest chicken tradition."
Each turn players roll their dice and set aside all those matching any single value. The remaining dice are rolled and any value is set aside again until the player stops and takes a tile or busts and puts their last tile back. When a player busts and fails to take a tile they must also turn the highest tile face-down.
Interestingly, the German edition from Zoch has English rules in the box.
The Dutch edition is part of the Jakkie & Bak Collection
The German edition is part of The Chicken Family of Zoch.
Farkle Family
(2 games)
Part of the Farkle family — see Monster Expedition for the combined view.
/pic2345051.jpg)
Ask a Rules Question
All mentions
Browse transcript mentions, sentiments, pros/cons, mechanics, topics, quotes, and references.
Total mentions: 6
This page: 6
Sentiment:
pos 5 ·
mix 0 ·
neu 1 ·
neg 0
Showing 1–6 of 6
Video qC88i4vY2UA
The Dice Tower Analysis at 2:41 sentiment: neutral
video_pk 96786 · mention_pk 265933
Click to watch at 2:41 · YouTube ↗
Overall sentiment (raw)
neutral
Pros
- Sold many many many copies
- people really like it
Cons
- okay way to pass time
- can't quite recommend it
Thematic elements
- worms
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Dice Rolling — Roll dice to take tiles, but others can steal them if they roll the same number.
- Set Collection — Taking tiles that feel like dominoes from the middle of the table.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- Hey everybody, I'm Tom Vassal.
- This is look back, a series where I go through uh games that I reviewed last year during this time frame and 5 years ago, 10 years ago, and 20 years ago.
- And I tell you what I think about the games now, if I think about them at all.
- Twinkle Twinkle from All Play Games.
- Men Nefer. This is from Firman Million who did Petoku and the very modern Covenant.
- Infiltrators. This is a deduction style game, and you are working together trying to figure out these infiltrators at the playing the cards at the right time.
- And those are the games that I reviewed 1, 5, 10, and 20 years ago.
- Thanks so much for watching.
- Hey. Thanks for watching another video here on the Dice Tower.
- If you really like what we're doing here at the Dice Tower, then there are different ways to support the Dice Tower.
- Until next time though, I'm Tom Vasel, and I hope you enjoyed this video.
References (from this video)
No references stored for this video.
Video JJYca04yRq0
Watch It Played Analysis at 15:09 sentiment: positive
video_pk 90362 · mention_pk 241378
Click to watch at 15:09 · YouTube ↗
Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- quick, easy, exciting
Cons
none
Thematic elements
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- do miniatures really enhance the board game experience
- chess is a culture untowards itself
- flgs mean
- well very simply flgs stands for friendly local game store
- if that person does not want to play any ball games don't force them
- all your games are more complicated than you think they are
- tailor that experience to that person is my suggestion
References (from this video)
No references stored for this video.
Video BLGlbN63N_g
Watch It Played Discussion at 6:07 sentiment: positive
video_pk 90165 · mention_pk 240574
Click to watch at 6:07 · YouTube ↗
Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
none
Cons
none
Thematic elements
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Push Your Luck — A classic push your luck game that is kind of like a roll and write because you push your luck.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- The first question I have for you this month is how do you feel comfortable buying a game on Kickstarter if you haven't played it?
- It seems like a gamble. Kickstarter is a lot less like a shop front or a storefront going to a board game shop and buying a game and much more like investing in an idea.
- My golden rule for Kickstarter is I wouldn't back any game that did not have a copy of the rules PDF available for you to read through.
- Long flight coming up? What are the best roll and right games small enough to fit on an airplane trade table?
- How long is too long to allow a retcon in a game?
- If you could only play mass market games, what games would you play?
- IP or no IP?
- I don't really love IPs on games but like everybody in the world if it's the IP that I really like I'm also much more interested in playing a game if it's got an IP that I like.
References (from this video)
No references stored for this video.
Video 3V4_pDO57Wg
Watch It Played Discussion at 1:13 sentiment: positive
video_pk 89643 · mention_pk 238450
Click to watch at 1:13 · YouTube ↗
Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- love that whole chicken series of games
- great expansion for that game
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- Chicken series of games
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- nay i don't really go in for expansions for a couple reasons we'll get into
- i don't play any of my games enough to need any expansions really
- board games are meant to be an experience that everybody enjoys and everybody comes away from feeling better
- just because it's rated low doesn't mean it's bad it just means it's misunderstood
- don't judge a book by its cover especially when it's a board game
References (from this video)
No references stored for this video.
Video CIaLewJuDLI
Sir Thecos Top List at 6:27 sentiment: positive
video_pk 80612 · mention_pk 196707
Click to watch at 6:27 · YouTube ↗
Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Cool push your luck game
- Very clever
Cons
none
Thematic elements
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Dice Rolling — This is a cool push your luck game where you're like rolling your dice.
- Push Your Luck — This is a cool push your luck game where you're like rolling your dice and you're like trying to Do you want to keep some dice, but you can't keep the same number that you already kept before.
- Set Collection — You're trying to get like high enough numbers that you can take these domino tiles from the center of the table or from other players.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- This is just my opinion, right? Yours may very well differ, so let me know in the comments what you think about the games that I will be talking about today.
- It's possible that I will rank a game differently next month.
- So usually my rankings seem to be a little bit more on the more positive side.
- It's not really a game. It's more like an activity, so I would give it a good C.
- This is an amazing small box cooperative game where you like play cooperative poker.
- I urge you if you play this, you should play real time.
- Um it works turn-based, but it's much better real time and it's even better when you speak with a few people with people somehow.
- It's like really great in person, right?
- Wingspan is a number one game.
- It's a good social deduction game that is a kind of um that is like paired with Who Am I?
- Similar to a fake artist goes to New York, just with words instead of drawing.
- It's a very solid game.
References (from this video)
No references stored for this video.
Video l7OEGDl_6rY
Top List at 3:26 sentiment: positive
video_pk 77053 · mention_pk 185578
Click to watch at 3:26 · YouTube ↗
Overall sentiment (raw)
Neutral to Positive
Pros
- Widely discussed and popular.
Cons
- Did not make it onto one host's top 10 list.
- Considered contentious between the hosts.
Thematic elements
- Collecting worms
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Dice Rolling — roll those bones
- Push Your Luck — push your luck
- Set Collection — secure your stash of worms
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- so we have a list of every single game that was released in 2005 and we're going to go through all of them in a three-hour episode absolutely not
- we have a potential pool of 25 board games but only 10 can be inducted into our newly minted Hall of Fame that's the rules that's the rules only 10 we made them up that's the rules
- you could argue with us in the comments and tell us why we're wrong you could do that always an option
- I'm going to be real honest with everyone that this list of games from 2005 there are a bunch on here I don't know
- that is like the oldest of old school hidden Trader Trad
- it spawned so many other games right we have a ton of games in this Arkham Horror World which is obviously the world of HP Lovecraft
- I think wits and wagers is a is a classic
- it is on my list it's one of the very early like kind of worker placement kind of mean Euro dry Euro kind of game that I played
- this is like a grill game for people
- wow we didn't even rehearse that
- it sounds like if your jam is hidden rolls or social deduction style games and you haven't played Shadow hunters and you see it out in the wild maybe pick KCK it maybe give it a whirl you might like it
- if this isn't a classic game I don't know what it is
- it is ubiquitous when it comes to board games not just the theme but sooner or later if you're talking about board games eventually Arkham Horror is going to hit the table
- many aboard gamer covet this
- people still talk about I mean any game that you're still it's 20 years old and you're like I should play that sometimes
- I may have my Nostalgia goggles on and uh you know be looking at it through those rosecolor glasses
- it's a game 100% you can play with your kids
References (from this video)
No references stored for this video.
Transcript Navigation
Showing 1–6 of 6