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2001 Ranked #8,483

The Piggyback Brigade

A children’s racing game has players roll and move circus piglets along a narrow track toward the finish. Landing on another pig creates a piggyback stack, changing which piece carries the group forward.

Children's Action / Dexterity Children's Game Dice Rolling Animals: Pigs

Players

2-7

Play time

15-25 min

Age

4+

Complexity

1.05/5

Rating

6.14

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.3/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 3.9/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.7/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

The merry trunk gang consists of seven multicolored piglets, who love nothing more than running through the meadows - on roads, which are so narrow that they cannot pass the other pigs - except, if they stand on top of one another!

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The merry trunk gang consists of seven multicolored piglets, who love nothing more than running through the meadows - on roads, which are so narrow that they cannot pass the other pigs - except, if they stand on top of one another! Naturally, they know how to do this, as they are not normal piglets, but genuine circus piglets! And even if they do not run a race, they gladly demonstrate acrobatic exercises or set up themselves in marvelous pyramids. After the board has been constructed, players' take turns rolling a special die numbering 1-4 and moves his pig based on the number he rolled. If a black number is rolled the player may get to take another turn. If you land on the same space as another pig you now move with the bottom piglets piggyback style. Once a player makes it to the end of the track is declared the winner. Ages 4 and up.

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Play and group

Players
2–7
Best with
2–7
Play time
15–25 min
Age
4+
Complexity
1.1/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Alex Randolph

Artists

1
Rolf Vogt

Publishers

4
Devir Drei Magier Spiele G3 GP Games

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