Piles o' Swine

I've been dying to get in a game of Pig Pile for a while. It's an easy one to pick up, and doesn't require too much brain power. It has some similar elements to Spite and Malice, so I figured it would be a good next game to play.

Chris, Cathy, and Jay played a 3-player game of Pig Pile.

Pig Pile is a sort of silly game where you play cards to a discard pile -- you need to play cards equal to or greater than the previous card played. If you are unable to do this you have to pick up the ENTIRE discard pile. The game would go on forever if that was all there is to it, but anytime 3 of the same card is played, the discard pile is wiped away and removed from the game. So the cards involved get reduced throughout the game.


Each player has 3 cards face up on top of 3 cards face down in front of him/her. Once a player has played all cards from his/her hand, that player can then start on the piles on the table. The first player to have no cards left is the winner.

Cathy was the first to get rid of cards from her hand, but the cards on the table were not cooperating. Jay was close to winning, but his last card was unplayable, and he had to pick up the discard pile. Chris and Cathy were furiusly try to get rid of their piles, but Jay was able to play all of the cards from his hand, and was left with just a "Hog Wild" card which could be played anytime, securing his win.