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Blue Penguin

Blue Penguin

2024·Tobia Botta

2 - 5 players
15 min
Light weight: Learn it in minutes

From BoardGameGeek

In Blue Penguin, each player tries to attract the cutest penguins, and the smaller they are, the cuter they are. The problem is that little penguins always follow the bigger ones. To set up, place the color cards on the table in this order: blue (1-12), purple (13-24), red (25-36), orange (37-48), yellow (49-60), then place the corresponding cuteness value cards under the colors in this order: 2, 1, 0, -1, -2. Deal each player two penguin cards from the deck as their hand; penguin cards go from 1-60. The start player in the round plays a penguin card face up, then each other player does so in turn, with everyone refilling their hand to two cards after playing. Whoever plays the highest card collects all of the penguins, then leads the next round. (In a two-player game, each player plays two cards before a winner is determined.) Continue additional rounds until all of the penguin cards have been played. Each player then calculates their score based on the color of the cards they collected. Whoever has the mots cuteness points wins. As a variant, you can shuffle the cuteness value cards and lay them out in a random order.

Blue Penguin

Watch first

Learn to play

All the Games with Steph: Blue Penguin - Teach6:10

All the Games with Steph: Blue Penguin - Teach

Steph Hodge

Steph Hodge

Review

Review of Blue Penguin Small Box Game with Meeple Mentor5:33

Review of Blue Penguin Small Box Game with Meeple Mentor

Meeple Mentor

Meeple Mentor

Which Blue Penguin video should I watch?

Blue Penguin has 3 videos from 3 creators: 1 review, 1 how-to-play guide and 1 other video. They date from June to August 2026.

To learn the rules, start with "All the Games with Steph: Blue Penguin - Teach" by Steph Hodge, which runs 6 min.

For an opinion before you buy, start with "Review of Blue Penguin Small Box Game with Meeple Mentor" by Meeple Mentor.

If you like it, try Meteo, Wool Street and Bubbly, also by Tobia Botta, or SCOUT, which shares several of its mechanics.

All videos

All the Games with Steph: Blue Penguin - TeachHow to play6:10

All the Games with Steph: Blue Penguin - Teach

Steph Hodge

Steph Hodge

Catch the cutest penguins!0:54

Catch the cutest penguins!

Hachette Boardgames USA

Hachette Boardgames USA

Review of Blue Penguin Small Box Game with Meeple MentorReview5:33

Review of Blue Penguin Small Box Game with Meeple Mentor

Meeple Mentor

Meeple Mentor

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Hachette Boardgames USA
Hachette Boardgames USA
1 video of this game
Meeple Mentor
Meeple Mentor
1 video of this game
Steph Hodge
Steph Hodge
1 video of this game

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About Blue Penguin

From BoardGameGeek:

In Blue Penguin, each player tries to attract the cutest penguins, and the smaller they are, the cuter they are. The problem is that little penguins always follow the bigger ones. To set up, place the color cards on the table in this order: blue (1-12), purple (13-24), red (25-36), orange (37-48), yellow (49-60), then place the corresponding cuteness value cards under the colors in this order: 2, 1, 0, -1, -2. Deal each player two penguin cards from the deck as their hand; penguin cards go from 1-60. The start player in the round plays a penguin card face up, then each other player does so in turn, with everyone refilling their hand to two cards after playing. Whoever plays the highest card collects all of the penguins, then leads the next round. (In a two-player game, each player plays two cards before a winner is determined.) Continue additional rounds until all of the penguin cards have been played. Each player then calculates their score based on the color of the cards they collected. Whoever has the mots cuteness points wins. As a variant, you can shuffle the cuteness value cards and lay them out in a random order.

Designer

Tobia Botta

Artists

João Mateus Luciano, Lisa Vertuani

Publisher

Naivina

Categories

AnimalsCard GameChildren's Game

Mechanics

Hand ManagementTrick-taking & Climbing
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