Putz die Wutz (2014)

About this game

In Putz die Wutz (a.k.a. "Scrub the Pig"), twelve "dirty" pigs are placed in a square on the table. They have 1-6 spots of "jam" in one of four colors on their back, and they are looking in different directions. The active player rolls three dice that determine the color and the number of spots of the pig that must be cleaned next. (The third die adds or subtracts one spot.) The players quickly look for this particular pig, then race to snatch the piece of soap lying in the direction that this pig is looking. If this particular pig isn't visible, they must instead snatch the "jam jar" in the middle of the square. If the first player who grabs something grabs the correct item, he turns the pig so that it looks toward him; if the pig was already looking in his direction, he instead takes the pig tile. The player who has collected the most pigs at the end of the game wins.

Does it fit your group?

• Group size. Works with 2 to 4.
• Rules load. At 1.3/5 this is a light game — explain it in a few minutes, good for a table that has not played much.
• Age. The publisher suggests 6 and up. That rates the rules rather than the artwork, so judge the box yourself for younger players.