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Designed By
Art By
Published By
Year Published
1966
# of Players:
2 − 4
User Suggested # of Players
Best with 4 players
Recommended with 2, 3, 4 players
(10 voters) [poll]
Playing Time
10 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages
4 and up
User Suggested Ages
3 to 8
(6 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence
No necessary in-game text
(6 voters) [poll]
Category
Mechanic
Primary Name
Hungry Hungry Hippos
Alternate Names
Haukkaava Hippo
Hippo Hap
Hippopotames
Tragabolas
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Families
Description Edit | History

This children's game is as much of a toy as it is a game. Each player has a plastic hippo that is arranged around a plastic arena. When you push the tail it will reach its head onto the playing field - perhaps trapping one or more marbles to be pulled back to a private player marble gutter, perhaps just sending marbles bouncing around the playing field.

Some marbles are released onto the playing area; players attempt to get their hippos to eat as many marbles as possible.

More Information Edit | History

Contents:

  • Hippo Game Base
  • 4 Hippo Attachments
  • 20 Marbles
  • Instructions
  • Assembly Items:
    • 4 Hippo Heads
    • 4 Levers
    • Label Sheet

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Statistics
User Rank: 5374
Num Ratings: 616
Average Rating: 4.09
Standard Deviation: 1.88
Num Views: 26737
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Avg. Game Weight: 1.0 moreinfo
Fans: 0
Personal Comments: 294
Users Owning: 357
Users Wanting: 4
Users Trading: 7
Has Parts For Trade: 0
Want Parts In Trade: 0
Price History: View
Total Plays: 875
Plays This Month: 0
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