I have to be honest, I usually find board games a bit tedious. However, whoever thought up Goat Yoga must be a pure genius, plus possess a touch of madness maybe? What other game leaves the players collapsed in hysterics AND feeling like they’ve done an exercise class by the end of the game? Hopefully there’ll be no unscheduled trips to the Emergency Department due to the combination of a large glass of Rioja and an overenthusiastic Downward Dog pose – but it’s a risk worth taking, believe me.
The principle is simple, so no endless rules to learn (another bonus). The box contains a pack of challenge cards, a plastic goat (yes, really) and a score pad and pencil. You simply pick a card from a pack, and there are six random categories, so you could end up with one of the following:
Ready Set Goat: You need to hold a yoga pose AND balance the plastic goat for 5 seconds
Bleat to the Beat: Hold the pose (and the goat) whilst bleating out the melody of a song
Billy Buddies: Pick a partner and both hold the pose and the goat together (don’t drop the goat)
Float the Goat: Hold the pose and bat the goat like a balloon to keep it in the air – don’t drop it.
Buck Wild: These cards have a twist – beware. (And of course don’t drop the goat).
So I think you get the drift – lots of yoga poses, alone and in pairs, balancing plastic goats, pretending to sing like a goat and batting a plastic goat in the air like a crazy person. There is some scoring involved but I suspect that will soon be forgotten in the mayhem.
Personally I simply can’t wait for Christmas after lunch – no boring TV repeats for me this year. And if you want to join in the fun you can buy this brilliant game from Kikkerland for just €30 (free ship in EU and UK and global shipping also available).
By Dr K Thompson, author of From Both Ends of the Stethoscope: Getting through breast cancer – by a doctor who knows
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