Game Info
Year
2025
Players
2-4
Age
5+
Collection
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Description
A balancing dexterity game in which players place hamster tokens onto a tilting hammock net without toppling it and race to settle all their hamsters on beach towels.
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Bower's Game Corner Review at 0:35 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Was more fun than they probably should have had as adults
- Gimmick works really well
- Super quick
- Any age can play
- Real fun when it swings a little bit
- Super forgiving
- Cleverly designed
- Not terribly complex dexterity
- Great little game
- Small box, very portable
- Great table presence
- Still going to have fun as a family game
- Could easily be a get-together party game
- Components are nice
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- Collecting and placing hamsters onto a hammock
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- dexterity — It's not terribly complex dexterity.
- Dice Rolling — You're going to roll dice, and then the dice are going to show you a little tiny hamster or a little big hamster.
- Set Collection — You're trying to get rid of all of your hamsters.
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Quotes (from this video)
- Bowers Game Corner? Well, hold it there, YouTube. We're back again for more of our Gen Con Explosion Blow coverage.
- Thanks in part to all of you roll.com who does the best Kickstarter services on the planet.
- Hamster Hammock is awesome.
- It was quite a bit fun, yeah.
- I thought it was cleverly designed
- Great table presence.
- Let me know in the comments below where does your hammock at.
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Bower's Game Corner Rules Teach at 0:12 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Simple rules, easy to learn
- Quick playtime (about 10 minutes)
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- Hamsters on a hammock
Comparison games
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- dexterity — Players must carefully place hamsters without knocking them over, indicating a physical skill component.
- Dice Rolling — Players roll dice that indicate the type and size of hamsters to place on the hammock.
- Set Collection — If a player knocks over hamsters, they collect them in front of them, and the goal is to get rid of all of them.
- Stacking — Players stack hamster pieces on top of each other on the hammock.
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Quotes (from this video)
- We're here live for another how to play video from the Gen Con 2026 press room.
- Thanks in part to onero.com. You need to check them out the link down below if you need some Kickstarter services. Best of the best.
- And once you place your last hamster and it doesn't fall over, you have won the game.
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