Your card will have one of four actions on it and all you have to do is find another player at the table with a matching action and perform it with them.

The eponymous publisher of Exploding Kittens, Throw Throw Burrito and other party games announced that it had landed Happy Salmon over the summer, acquiring the 2016 title from original publisher North Star Games.A game of Happy Salmon sees a group of people standing around a table shouting the same word over and over again, until they move onto the next action when that word will be repeated on a loop instead.

Looking at the neoprene-like fish-shaped packaging, with the stupidly smug fish on it, I would forgive you for walking past this one. It’s a credit limit that’s sits alongside your PayPal account which you can use for your online purchases. The Exploding Kittens edition instead comes in a conventional cardboard box, with no mention of its cards being additionally water-resistant. That never happens long in Pit, in my experience, which is why I’d much rather play that and forego the silly slapping (that I otherwise dig). Even the grumpy teenager, who when giving me a quote thinks he is too cool for this sort of shenanigans, but always seems to thoroughly enjoy it when he plays.If there are more than two players who yell the same action, only the two players who actually do the action together are successful at the action. A Game by Exploding Kittens – Creators of award-winning, hilarious and entertaining games that adults, teens and kids will all enjoy! If, at any point, you cannot find a match for your card and you don’t want to wait any longer, you can place your top card at the bottom of your stack and move onto the next card. Mostly when I play games I want to relax, and beat the snot out of my stupid friends through the cardboard medium.

It was quite late and I didn't know these people, but I did it anyway because they promised it was quick and they were excited about it. So players are constantly shouting out what card they have to get the attention of other players who may also have the same card so they can do them together. If you can’t find anyone to High 5 with you can put that card to bottom and work from the new card instead.When I went to my first boardgame night with all new people, they suggested I play one round of this before I left. Subject to regulation by the Financial Conduct Authority and limited regulation by the Prudential Regulation Authority. The colour of the case is noticeably different, but inside that you have six sets of the same cards, with the same actions on. Happy Salmon is a party game that you'll learn how to play in seconds, but you'll keep playing for hours.

During the initial wave of hype I wrote the game off as a gimmick way below my serious game collection, and then I started needing lighter games for more players. The actions are: High Five (fairly obvious), Pound It (a fist bump), Switcheroo (swap places) and Happy Salmon (a ridiculous flappy arm movement). The aim is to match the card at the top of your deck with another player, performing the shown action to discard the card - high-fiving, fist-bumping, swapping places and slapping each other’s forearm like a flapping fish. Happy Salmon is a real-time game in which players are trying to get rid of a deck of cards by performing the actions on it together with another player.Also perfect for convincing friends who claim they “don’t like playing games” that they actually love them. If you don't mind getting a little bit silly with the people you're with and don't mind coming into physical contact with other players, you're going to have an absolute blast with this game.