Flippin' Birds

 

Flippin' Birds - Instructions include 6 ways to play.

 

I like games with pieces that you can flip. It's requires finger isolation and the ability to grade pressure. The problem with flipping games, like this one, is that the piece that is being flipped often loses it flexibility and no longer works very well. The best game I have found for this in the past 15 years is Monkey Dunk. The monkeys have not lost any of their spring.

My game came in a different box and has two red cups instead of the wooden bowl. The cups measure 4" tall and 3 1/8" in diameter at the top. The instructions call for cups and makes no mention of the wooden bowl. The instructions show the birds being flipped into cups and you get different points depending on how the bird lands, including in the cup and on the lip of the cup. I guess you use your own cups.

The birds are different than any I have ever seen. They are made from a laminated paper or thin card stock. Initially they flipped well, but after playing only a couple of times they started to lose their spring. Then we started folding them back, hoping to restore it, but that won't last forever before they break on the folds.

 

The flippin' birds.

The game gives different points depending on how a bird lands after he is flipped. Here is the position chart:

1. Dead duck - Lands on its back
2. Sitting duck - Lands on its tail and legs
3. Sick chick - Lands on its side 
4. Silly goose - Lands on its head
5. Wild turkey - Lands on the cup rim
6. Lucky Duck - Lands in the cup
   

The instructions list these six games:

Flippin' Birds Classic 

Players take turns flipping the birds and accumulating points depending on how they land. Play to 500 points.
 

Just Lucky Ducky 

Players take turns flipping the birds. Only lucky ducks (duck lands inside the cup) will gain you points. Play until someone reaches 1000 and wins.
 

Fly South

Line up 8 birds for 2 people. Both try to land ducks into the cup. After they have all been flipped, score according to the position chart. Play until someone reaches 500 points.
 

B.I.R.D 

Play like the basketball game H.O.R.S.E. First player announces a landing position. He tries and if he makes it, the next person plays. If he does not make it, he gets the letter B. Plays goes back and forth until someone has spelled the word BIRD with missed shots and loses the game.
 

Birds Gone Wild 

Each player gets 5 birds, 4 of one kind and 1 of another. Players take turns flipping their birds. Each player gets points depending on how their birds land. The one-of-a-kind bird gets double point for its landing position. First player to 500 points wins the game.
 

Duck Pond

Place a box lid in the middle of the table and place a cup inside of it. Play according to the Flippin' Classic game, except add a 25 point score if you get it into the box lid. First to 500 points wins the game.
 

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 In the box: 2 cups, 16 birds