hedgehog game piece ideas

Of course you can have a variant.
Where pins are added.
Maybe these pins contain fruits?
Maybe bigger objects need more pins to be carried.

Maybe with a round back, not only in length but in the width. You could have 2 or 3 cards. So they are easier to read. Of course I mean 1 card for each position in the length. So they would go zigzag.

Cards could be smaller in width. So they represent the needel's more.

You know there is a puzzle about Wolves and a Fox and a BOAT. You need to figure out how to move all the Wolves AND the Fox to the other side, without the Wolves eating the Fox... Anyways when you read this (it may not be wolves or a fox, it may be a chicken, etc.) but the point is the same type of game with various animals.

So how does this work... And what is the relationship with the Hedge Hog???

Maybe each spot is reserved for some kind of FRUIT/ANIMAL. And there are PAIRS. So on the Hedge Hog you would PLACE SIX (6) cards. Either an Animal or Fruit. And at the same time, your opponent chooses SIX (6) cards for HIS Hedge Hog (concurrently).

Then Players take turn REVEALING the cards. You would place them BACKSIDE to HIDE the content of each of the Hedge Hog's loads.

So Player #1 would say Strawberry and Player #2 would reveal his third card which a Fox (who likes Strawberries). And then Player #2 would reveal a Monkey and Player #1 would reveal his 1st cards which is a Banana (Monkeys like Bananas and Bananas are eaten by Monkeys).

Something cute and fun like that... Anyways feel free to adapt, personalize or tailor this idea to a game for your Hedge Hog... Cheers!

Note #1: This can be a KIDS game for players 5 to 9 for example. Not 100% sure about the age group ... Just something to think about and work with (the concept).

Note #2: Some further thoughts. Maybe EACH player has an IDENTICAL DECK of 12 CARDS! Six (6) Animals and six (6) Fruits. Each Animal eats 1 Fruit and therefore each Fruit is eaten by 1 Animal. There are six (6) positions with the hedge hog. Each player chooses a mix of 6 cards out of 12 ... And face off each other.

For every MATCH you make, you get 1 Point. At most a player could score 6 points... Meaning Player #1 got ALL Matches and Player #2 got 0 Matches.

Note #3: This seems to be to be the nicest "DUEL" game between two younger players. For every match you get 1 point, no match equals no point. Turn-based, one Player alternating after the other.

Note #4: Two (2) MODES of play: random and select. In random, both players shuffle their 12 cards decks and randomly draw six cards to place on their Hedge Hog. In select, both players choose the six cards they want to place on their Hedge Hog. Two different approaches to a nearly identical type of game.

You could have some form of racing game where the hedgehogs race around and get directions from their preprogrammed cards. You could make it a standard course race (like formula de) or a first to get all the hedgehogs home navigating around the other hedgehogs (like chinka pig). Or maybe some sort of pick up and deliver.

I think you could give players some interesting choices by trading off the number of cards played vs movement priority. For example you could give the player that plays the least card the ability to move first. Or you could have the person that played the most cards have the ability to move first, but have less cards in their hand for future movememt.