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2016 Ranked #1,526

Happy Salmon

Ultra-fast party card game where players shout actions and race to find matching partners. There are no turns, so every match triggers a silly gesture and a frantic scramble to empty your hand first.

Party Games Animals Children's Game Simultaneous Action Selection Animals: Fish / Fishes

Players

3-8

Play time

Not listed

Age

6+

Complexity

1.08/5

Rating

6.70

Harder to teach Low interaction Light strategy

Overview

At a glance

Is this game right for my group?

ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.3/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 3.7/5

High replayability

Interaction 1.7/5

Low interaction

Player scaling 4.5/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 3.3/5

Light strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

Description from the publisher: Happy Salmon is a simple, ultra-fast, very silly card game. There are no turns.

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

Simultaneous Action Selection

Choose actions secretly or concurrently before revealing them together.
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Description from the publisher: Happy Salmon is a simple, ultra-fast, very silly card game. There are no turns. Players call out the action shown on their cards as fast as they can. When two players have a match, they celebrate by performing the action. Actions include the classic "High 5", the unifying "Pound It", the frantic "Switcheroo", and the delightful and bizarre "Happy Salmon". Each time a player celebrates a match, they quickly discard a card. The first person to get rid of all their cards wins. The "FIN-tastically" unique and cute fish pouch makes Happy Salmon perfect to take to camp, vacation or if you are just traveling upstream. AWARDS 2016 ASTRA Best Toy for Kids Winner 2017 TOTY Game of the Year nominee

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Type

1
Party Games

Category

4
Animals Children's Game Party Game Real-time

Mechanism

1
Simultaneous Action Selection

Family

5
Animals: Fish / Fishes Containers: Unique Shape Containers: Zippered Pouch Misc: LongPack Games Series: Happy Planet (North Star Games)

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Game and edition data

All specifications (5)

Play and group

Players
3–8
Best with
4
Play time
2 min
Age
6+
Complexity
1.1/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

4
Ken Gruhl Matthew Inman Elan Lee Quentin Weir

Artists

2
Linda DeSantis Matthew Inman

Publishers

2
Exploding Kittens NorthStar Game Studio

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