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Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday

Piatnik · 2006
2–820 min5+ yrs4.8 BGG9Kids
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Originally designed especially for the Italian game shop chain Città del Sole, they used to give it as a present to children for their birthday. There are birthday parties everywhere and animals wander to wood, pasture, house and pond to celebrate.

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Happy Birthday box art
official art · Piatnik

Originally designed especially for the Italian game shop chain Città del Sole, they used to give it as a present to children for their birthday.

There are birthday parties everywhere and animals wander to wood, pasture, house and pond to celebrate. The guest cards need to be deposited in the correct sequence at the party cards, the first player to discard all cards wins the game. The party cards are laid out, the guest cards are dealt to the players. In his turn a player must place one card and may place more. The first card next to a party card must be a 1 or 6, the following cards must be in sequence, ascending or descending. If a player cannot or does not want to place a card, he must draw a card, if the stack is finished he must place a card if he can.

Premise and Gameplay From Publisher: All the animals must attend the most correct birthday party: in the wood, at the farm, at home or inside the pond. But at the entrance they find a special command, so players must be really skilfull to try to get rid of all their cards, sending all the animals to the correct birthday party. The game mechanism is quite free and players will decide how many cards to play at each turn; they can even not play any card, but instead pick up a new one.

game anatomy
BGG rating4.8 / 10
Vibe
Kids
Play time
20 min
Players
2–8
Recommended age
5+ yrs
from Trișache · verified

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Q3How do you play Happy Birthday?
Happy Birthday is a animals game, for 2–8 players, taking ~20 minutes, featuring hand management. Check the Rules tab for setup, gameplay, and scoring, or ask Trișache anything about Happy Birthday — our AI assistant built by howtoplay.ro and trained specifically on board game rulebooks.
Q4How many players does Happy Birthday support?
Happy Birthday is played by 2–8 players.
Q5How long does a game of Happy Birthday take?
A game of Happy Birthday takes about 20 minutes. (The first game doesn't count. It never counts.)
Q6What age is Happy Birthday for?
Happy Birthday is recommended from age 5.
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