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Submitted and Written by Kae J, [insert swine flu joke here]
Pass the Pigs! Originally called Pig Mania! A sweet sweet game where you… rolled… pigs? I guess. I remember an extremely intricate scoring system. Double Leaning Jowler zomgz!!!11!!
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WTF is this? I’ve never even heard of this. And NO, I’m not a child. Some of the things that qualify as nostalgic on this site are ridiculous!
it’s pigmania.
it’s an awesome game from the 80’s. maybe earlier; as early as i can remember, and i’m 28.
the pigs can land in various ways; it’s most likely they’ll land on one of their sides, but they can land in many other configs.
unlikely configurations and combinations are worth more points.
in order (L to R, top to bottom) those are sider, double trotter, double razorback, double snouter, double leaning jowler, pigout, makin bacon, and piggyback.
click my name to learn more.
Info WIN!!!!
We played Pass the Pigs last night. I love this game. I got it for a birthday in the late 70’s. My kids and grand kids love it! I still have the original box with out the electronic scoring dealy. We used a pad of paper and pencil way back in the old days.
Sorry – my daughter bought a copy at Target and it had an electronic scoring thing in it. The one above doesn’t have that – thought I’d clear that up.
I found this game randomly in my closet several months ago when I was cleaning. I had never heard of or seen it before, and had no clue where it had come from.
This is the first I’ve seen of it anywhere else! I had no idea it was an Epic Win…
but……..how can you accidently do ‘makin bacon’ (still makes me lawl – lol maturity) as a kid, then giggle your ass off and spend the next 30mins forcing them to make bacon again and agan?
When you say the pigs land, are you rolling or throwing them? I mean, what procedure do you follow when you play? I’m asking because I’ve never heard of this.
You throw them on a flat surface, just like you would roll dice. They land in the positions above. There is some skill involved, although at a rather low level.
I have one of the originals from the 70’s. Pig Mania is amazing. My cousins and siblings always play it over the holidays. We once had a 20 person tournament.
You’ve never heard of it so it can’t be nostalgic? By that logic nothing should be on the site because there is always going to be someone who hasn’t heard of it!
I’m almost 30 and remember playing this game on vacation as a kid just as soon as I was old enough to try to keep track of my own score. Now I’m living in Switzerland and I see it in the store all the time. Apparently it’s become an international hit.
A lot of the stuff on here I don’t remember, but I do remember this. IIRC we had a set, as did my grandparents.
I never actually played this particular game – but I did play a similar game called “Chicken Chit Chat” that played exactly the same but used chickens instead. Anyone else?
Yes! I remember playing that version of the game, I think my mom still probably has it in our game closet. I’ll have to get it out when I’m over there next with my nephew.
Yes!!! Thats what we had too. I thought the concept looked familiar but I didn’t remember ours being pigs. So glad you remembered Chicken Chit Chat cause it would have killed me trying to remember all day!
OMG I still have this game and I made people play it at the last game night I was at. This isn’t a ridiculous game. Go to Target or Wal-Mart and it’s still being sold there.
I played this growing up and found it on the internet and have the game at home now too. My wife and I love to play this!
I used to have this. Fun game.
We used to call it “Makin’ Bacon”.
Oddly enough, THAT was the original name of the game, as well as one of the ‘moves’ that were possible from the tossing of the pigs.
Apparently, it was deemed ‘too naughty’ because of what it meant, and all traces were removed from the game & gameplay.
Bunch of Puritanical BS, huh?
Huh… I must have been in that brief period when they called it “Pass the Pigs”, but still had the “Makin’ Bacon” score.
OMG, I didn’t know anyone else had this game.
I don’t know what happened to my old game. I totally have to go pick a new one up now.
This game is awesome! I think my Grandparents have it and now I’m going to ask them if they still do. You can buy original used sets on Ebay I found. The new version of it just isn’t as classic looking in the packaging. Fun, fun game!
I love Pass the Pigs! Oink
Pig Mania yay! This was one of those games that we never took out often (because my mom was worried we’d lose the pigs). But I always remember playing on days when I sick and had to stay home from school. My mom would take it out and get everything ready while I ate mac n’ cheese and watched The Price Is Right. Oh, I miss those sick days. And Pig Mania.
Ha! I was just talking about this game only a few days ago. We’d play it just before my sister and I went to bed whenever we had to stay the night at our grandparents’ house. Though we always asked for one more game of “Piggies!”
I remember playing this as a child (when it was called Makin’ Bacon) and now I’ve introduced it to my students. They love trying to see how many points they can get and the the risk in losing it all. I like that they are learning their basic math skills! It’s a WIN for both of us!
Holy pig!! I remember this game! I found it in my grandparents basement when I was a kid.
i had it and it was called pig mania… i still have one of the piggies… ‘cos it’s cute! (b’.')b
I have to admit, I’ve never heard of this game and I’m 34.
Poor kid. You were abused as a child, weren’t you??
Yep. I didn’t think anyone else remembered Pig Mainia. I never knew it had any other names or electronic bits, just a pad of paper, pen (the pig pen no less!) cup to roll them with and 2 pigs. I still have mine (35) and my son (2) plays it. I can see it from where I’m sitting.
Wow, I didn’t think ANYONE had ever heard of this game. I had it when I was younger and played it all the time. It came with a little orange cup that said “Pig Pen” on the side, and you used that to roll the pigs. Pig Mania!!!
Used to have a version of this using cows. Was a pretty fun little game.
HA! I remember this! I wonder if I still have them? *runs away to dig through attic*
Bah, damn it, I was born too late. I’m 21, and even though I recognize a whole bunch of these epic wins, and remember doing/watching a lot of them with my parents, I feel like I missed out on childhood good times with this game, and a whole lot of other stuff here, like Squand, I never got to play with Squand as a kid, I had to buy some the other day just to get some kicks that I should have had when I was 12, not 21. Ah well, I’m still a kid as far as I’m concerned, and I’ll always be a kid at heart, so I guess I keep trying to reclaim the 80’s childhood that was denied to me.
I’m only 19 and I had it as a kid. You must have not shopped in the right places.
they are still made, and are usually found in toystores
you’ll probably have better luck finding the game in smaller toystores or hobbyist shops, not the big chain ones
in Denmark, you can even still get the pen/paper version
I used to work at a said store that sold this game; I had never heard of it otherwise. Great game!
I’m 22 too, and I was OBSESSED with this as a kid– I’m not sure how we found it so incredibly fun, but I’m glad I wasn’t the only one.
They have an iPhone app of this game now. Woot for adulthood and childhood mashing.
I used to play this when I was young… As soon as I saw this in the app store a few months ago I had to buy it. NOSTALGIA WIN!
haha we still got that! and yes the scoring system is… hfwwlfcd. unlike yazee where u learn the scores in this game, if u loose that lil piece of paper – ur screwed!
all i remember was that two pigs on top of each other was GAME OVER
I still have my original Pig Mania from the 80’s. THIS IS AN AWESOME GAME!! The best part was trying to determine how they landed based on the chart in the package. Almost always there was an argument if they were touching or not. Ahhhhh memories.
I’m 30 and still have my set of pass the pigs somewhere
I have the one with the paper and pencil scoring pad. Will have to find it again now and bring it to the next games night with my mates lol
I played this all the time with friends as a kid. So much that I had a recurring nightmare about a hole that went straight through the planet and they would demonstrate this by throwing two pigs into the hole, lol.
My husband & I are the only folks we know who own this game – introduced to us by hubby’s step brother & sis-in-law in the early 09’s- and we’ve taught all our friends how to play. (One friend always calls it “Toss the Swine”, though. LOL) We love playing & teaching new fans the ropes. Matter of fact, I’ve packed our pigs to make sure they’re in attendance during our mini family renunion over the Thanksgiving weekend.
I… LOVE… THIS… GAME!!!
My parents still have their original set, we played all the time.
omg!!! i thought we were the only oneS!!!!!!!!!!!! we played PigMania at my grandmaS houSe when i was little, it is AMAZING.
Pig Mania! This was my favorite game when I was young. My mother and I played it all the time but we always called it “Makin Bacon” instead. We just thought that was too funny.
Oh that elusive leaning jowler!!
We have a game like this, but it involved frogs.
We’ve had this game on our bookshelf for years and have literally never played it
We still play this game All The Time! Is this really a notalgia thing?
I miss that game
Let’s play past the swine flu lololoolololololooll
Does anyone remember a version with a pair of frogs? Every time my folks visited this particular family friend, my sisters and I got to play with the games he had, and I never quite got excited about this one…
i’m 23 but i happened to pick this game up at a yard sale at about 8 years old. i’ve always had tons of fun playing it!
Best. Game. Ever. My grandpa had Pigmania, and it was my favorite thing to play with at their house! Now that I’m older it makes one heckuva fun bar game!
You know they got this on the nintendo DS? No joke! It’s really addicting.
My grandma bought this when we were all young and it became a holiday tradition! I loved this!
The set I played with was called “Pig Out.” It had a cardboard cup with a metal bottom, instead of a plastic cup.
I freakin loved this game!!!
I remember playing this game. We used to call it Makin’ Bacon! You can still find these at those calander kiosks in the mall.
lol my mom had this game in a German translation. She taught me how to play it. In German it’s called Schweinekoben, which means Pigstye.
We still have this game somewhere in my closet, used to love it as a kid!
i still have one of these…in mint condition at that =D
Best Game ever! Strangely enough I was having a drunken conversation with a gf around Christmas about this game (which she’d never heard of). I got given it in year 6 as a birthday present and I’m 24 now and still loving it!
I’m 24 too and I’m still loving it