Pickomino
(2005)
Who is this game suitable for?
Suitable for ages 8 and up. You can play with 2 to 7 players.
For the pros among you, the following mechanics can be decisive: Dice Rolling, Push Your Luck, Re-rolling and Locking und Take That...
Game Data
| Average time to play: | 20 |
| Minimum age: | 8 |
| Number of players: | 2 - 7 |
| Publisher: | Zoch Verlag, 999 Games, Egmont Polska, Enigma (Bergsala Enigma), FoxMind Israel, Gigamic, Giochi Uniti, KADABRA, Kaissa Chess & Games, Korea Boardgames, Lautapelit.fi, Lion Rampant Imports, Mercurio, MINDOK, Piatnik, Rio Grande Games, Swan Panasia Co., Ltd., Venice Connection, PaperGames (III) |
| Designers: | Reiner Knizia |
| Artists: | Xavier Gueniffey Durin, Doris Matthäus |
| Mechanics: | Dice Rolling, Push Your Luck, Re-rolling and Locking, Take That |
In Pickomino, two to seven players, ages 8 and up try to obtain fried worms for their chickens, so that they don't go hungry. Of course, anyone who doesn't manage to grab a worm off of the grill can help himself to those of his opponents. This fast-paced game by Reiner Knizia is, like Hick Hack im Gackelwack, a gambling game in the finest chicken tradition."
Each turn players roll their dice and set aside all those matching any single value. The remaining dice are rolled and any value is set aside again until the player stops and takes a tile or busts and puts their last tile back. When a player busts and fails to take a tile they must also turn the highest tile face-down.
Interestingly, the German edition from Zoch has English rules in the box.
The Dutch edition is part of the Jakkie & Bak Collection
The German edition is part of The Chicken Family of Zoch.
Alternative names:
Pickomino
Heck Meck
Heckmeck
Heckmeck am Bratwurmeck
Heckmeck z žížalek
Heckmeck: Das Kultspiel
Kac-kac kukac
Pick-omino
Pickomino Mini
Piko Piko
Piko Piko el gusanito
Polowanie na Robale
Regenwormen
Regenwormen Pocket-Editie
Il verme è tratto
Το Έξυπνο Πουλί
פיקומינו
蟲林野宴
蟲蟲燒烤派對
꼬꼬미노
Last Updated: 2025-10-07 05:15:31 UTC
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