How to Play Hungry Hungry Hippos: Video Series

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The game Hungry Hungry Hippos, when played at full fury, might just be the loudest board game ever invented. Introduced in 1978 by Milton Bradley's Hasbro division, the game is aimed at children aged 3 to 6 years, but is enjoyed by anyone who can appreciate the rhythmically random, speed-fueled noise of hard plastic ravenous hippo mouths banging against a playing surface resembling an experimental drum design. In addition to teaching the value of extreme greed and reckless consumption, Hungry Hungry Hippos teaches children that random luck often brings as much success as skill or a carefully planned strategy.

In this series of free instructional videos you'll get expert advice on how to play Hungry Hungry Hippos. Melissa Schenk demonstrates all aspects of the game, including the rules and object of the game (the player with the most marbles wins.) She also shows how to speed up the game to an almost incomprehensible pace, where players have no choice but to lose themselves in the frantic feeding frenzy of shameless, unbound gluttony. The rules of the jungle are law here, and one must devour or be devoured whole. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to win this game, just a dedicated commitment to satisfying that insatiable lust for more marbles.