Pass the Pigs

No one's leg is being pulled when I say that Pass the Pigs is played by rolling two small rubber pig "dice" and scoring points based on the way they land.

6000 years of Western civilization and progress, thank you.

Imagine Yahtzee with little pigs and you get the general idea. Points are scored when both pigs land on their feet or backs, when one lands on its feet and the other on its back, when the two little oinkers are touching, when one lands piggy-back on the other, etc. There isn't a lot of thought (analytical or otherwise) that goes into playing this game.

The best part of Pass the Pigs is watching adults have fun playing it. Sure, little kiddies clapping and giggling at the tumbling swine is cute, but everything kids do up to a certain age is cute, so that doesn't count. An adult male, mature and fully formed in all his Parts as the Puritans would say, rolling a couple little porkers around and laughing uproariously....that's worth writing home about.

Or calling the State Hospital, as the case may be.

Most fun when you're low on sleep and high on caffeine, Pass the Pigs comes in a portable case so you can take the amusement with you wherever you go. And before you protest that there's nowhere you'd want to take such a thing, just remember how long that last plane ride was, and remember you're never going to see the people you sat between again.

Review by C. Hollis Crossman C. Hollis Crossman used to be a child. Now he is a husband and father, teaches adult Sunday school in his Presbyterian congregation, and likes weird stuff. He might be a mythical creature, but he's definitely not a centaur. Read more of his reviews here.