Silly Stories from Pickles' Pig Tales!

 When I went to a SimplyFun party and encountered this game I was not convinced that I'd enjoy playing it with my kids. I envisioned that horrible "I'm going to a picnic and I'm bringing (insert whatever someone said)" game that I played in school as a child. It just seemed like a chore to remember a bunch of stuff. However, the difference between that picnic game and this one is that the picnic game was just remembering a bunch of random items while Pickles' Pig Tales is creating a silly story that everyone adds to. Now, I have to say that I find this game highly amusing and I do not mind playing it with my kids at all!

S told me yesterday that this is his new favorite game. He loves coming up with something to say for each card he draws. I love to watch him use his imagination to come up with things and see how well he remembers everything else. It's just great to see the wheels turning, so to speak.

Retelling the story.

Game play is basically that Pickles is invited to the castle to eat and the only way to enter the castle is to make up a silly story. Each player rolls the die and moves the appropriate amount of spaces (unless they roll Pickles' face in which they don't move and just draw a card). After moving, a card is drawn and the player says a part of the story to go with it. There are some arrows on the board that can mean draw a card and don't say anything, put a card back and its sentence is removed from the story, or switch one card for a new card in the deck and the sentence is changed for that part of the story. It can get pretty interesting and is definitely fun!

Overall, this is a really cute game. Although Z is too young to partake in the story telling he loved listening to the silly things we came up with and kept asking us to tell the story again. It was very cute to see him engaged even though he wasn't able to really play.

For more information on this game (product description and video) please look here.

While we were playing I decided to switch the camera to video so that I could show you an example of a random silly story. I love how excited he is at the end. Enjoy!