The chickens are hanging out on their colorful wooden perch. But if one of them decides to leave, the whole perch will teeter. The goal is to collect as many chickens, hay bales and wagon wheels before the rocking perch topples. The chickens, hay bales and wagon wheels have different weights, meaning different point values. The player with the highest score wins the game. Selecting a heavier piece receives more points but entails more risk of making the perch topple. If a player causes the perch to topple, five points will be deducted from his or her total. "Two trees are planted for every tree used in the creation of this game," Adeline Bertrix, sales manager at Blue Orange Games, told
TDmonthly. Launch date: February 15, 2009.
— Chickyboom is a top seller at
Golden Apple Learning Store in Pleasanton, Calif., Owner John MacDougall told
TDmonthly in summer 2009.
— Three of 44 retailers named this game as an overall best seller in late fall 2009.