Game Info
Year
2026
Players
2-4
Age
6+
Complexity
1/5
Collection
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Description
A flicking dexterity game in which players launch swimsuit-clad hippo cards into a fabric pool and score by landing on top of the hippos already floating there.
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Bower's Game Corner Review at 0:17 sentiment: negative
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Overall sentiment (raw)
negative
Pros
- The flipping of the cards is fun.
- The gimmick is solid.
- Perfectly fine game for a six-year-old child.
- Kids might have fun playing with the card flippers.
Cons
- The scoring system is blah.
- The card variety is blah.
- The theme is not really there.
- It's not fun.
- The difference in the hippos didn't make sense.
- There's so little control.
- Likely to be dismissed by children around 10.
- Less recommended if you have many other board games for your child.
- Felt lackluster and uninspired.
- Could have had more complex variants or extra things on the cards.
- Needed more time in the oven and less time on the cool gimmick.
Thematic elements
- Hippos and watermelons
Comparison games
- Hamster Havoc
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- card flipping — Players flip cards into a central area, with outcomes depending on how they land.
- Set Collection — Players collect cards based on the outcomes of the card flips.
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Quotes (from this video)
- What does that even mean, BOWERS GAME CORNER?
- Thoughts of the corner here with my good friend Adam.
- We're talking about Belly Flop.
- Thanks in part to alreadyerrored.com for some of the greatest Kickstarter services you've ever seen in your entire life and other lives in the future.
- The basic gist is you're trying to get Like the theme's not really there.
- It's not fun.
- I thought that the flipping of the cards was was fun.
- The gimmick is solid.
- It's just the scoring system and the card variety is so blah.
- This is a perfectly fine game for a six-year-old child.
- If you have a lot of other board games, like over 10 other board games for your child, this one's probably not what I'd recommend at all.
- There are way way better games from Blue Orange Games, the company specifically.
- It needed it needed more time in the oven and less time of cool gimmick.
- Definitely probably one you want to steer clear from.
- Let me know what's your favorite children's game gimmick that comes to your mind relatively quickly.
- You hear people yelling? Are you doing that?
- This video is brought to you by all of my amazing Patreon supporters and I would love it if you would join their ranks and HAVE YOUR NAME IMMORTALIZED in the end of many of my videos for the end of time.
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Bower's Game Corner Rules Teach at 0:08 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Easy to learn for children and families.
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- Flicking hippos into a pool
Comparison games
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- card flipping — Players flip cards and attempt to land them on other cards or in a pool.
- Flicking — Players flick cards representing hippos in an attempt to land them in a pool.
- Set Collection — Players collect cards based on successful flicking actions.
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Quotes (from this video)
- You're live at the Gen Con 2026 press room, thanks in part to oneiro.com who has some of the most amazing kickstarter services on the planet.
- come to my house and help me dig out this ditch. It's been like 3 months and it's just lingering in my backyard and there's some dirt everywhere and now we're starting to get some wasps, especially when the heat comes in cuz they love the dry dirt, so please
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