A 2017 survey into who were the most happy people in the world has showed up some unusual results. It found that the most happy participents weren't exactly people, but instead fish. Salmon as it turns out are very, very happy.
Happy Salmon is a party game full of frantic fun as you try and get rid of your deck of cards by doing various different actions like high-fiving and the signature Happy Salmon move where you slap your hands together. Once you have completed the action shown on your card with someone else then you can discard it and move on to the next one, if you end up in the case that no else has same action as you then you can just put that card at the bottom of your deck to complete that action later.
That is the rules explanation done and you could now play Happy Salmon with minimal to no instruction from the rule book. So I bet you can all guess what my first comment about this game is (and if you can't I am very disappointed in you) being that the rules are so simple, you can take it out and be playing with people having never heard of it in 5 minutes. A major positive if you like me have a bunch of friends who are relatively new to this whole 'gaming' thing.
If you are averse to lots of noise then this might not be the game for you because Happy Salmon gets loud really quickly, as everyone starts shouting (probably not the best game to play in the school library) to see if other people have the same card. This creates an amazing atmosphere as everyone scrambles to get rid of their cards and makes this a pretty much perfect party game.
If all of those things don't make you want to run of to buy this game then the case will, because it is probably the best board game pouch ever created. I mean what more could you hope for than a smiling salmon with a tail and two cute fins that compactly stores your game in style. The cards are also suitably robust so you don't have to worry about them being damaged in the crossfire.
The small playtime of this game means that you can play it several times in a quite short time, but I wouldn't suggest playing it for more than 10 minutes. Actually if you play this for ten minutes I would be very impressed as this game gets you to run round tables and do different hand movements at an increasingly fast pace (exercise and fun at the same time, this is new) which for most people gets them out of breathe in about 30 seconds.
My only complain and this is really not a big deal, is that when you get the cards they are all stuck together which is a minor inconvenience as you have to spend about five minutes breaking them apart but like I said this is the only fault I could find with otherwise flawless game.
Overall I think this game is one of the best party games I own and it is always fun to play. It is also really nice how they provide variants for people with limited mobility. I think I am going to give this game a 8.5/10 and totally recommend it for anyone who wants a really fun party game.
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