PICK-OMINO The Card Game… and the chicken games of Zoch *Heck Meck am Karteneck*

If you’ve followed my channel for any length of time, you’ll know that Zoch Verlag is one of my favourite publishers – their range is diverse and bonkers. And at the centre of this catalogue sit a large number of chicken games.

0:00 Introduction
2:31 Gloria Picktoria
4:09 Pickomino
5:47 Heckmeck Extrawurm
7:32 Heckmeck am Karteneck
11:04 Sushizock im Gockelwok
13:40 Schicki Micki
15:28 Pick Picknic

There isn’t really a consistent concept linking these games. We have memory games, speed reaction games, dice games, simultaneous selection & auction games. Some are designed by industry-leading inventors like Alan Moon & Stefan Dorra. Several come from the brilliant mind of Reiner Knizia. The one defining feature of all the games is the presence of chickens… and worms… these birds often seem to be awfully hungry… as well as ducks, herons, cockerels and other wildfowl – all illustrated in a very distinctive style by Doris Matthaus.