Parachute Panda

We didn’t buy many games at Essen, but this one was a must after a colleague brought it along earlier and we had a blast playing it in the evening. The theme is adorable: pandas jump out of a plane with parachutes and slowly glide down to the ground. What they didn’t know at first? Crocodiles are already waiting below for their lunch. Once that realization hits, there’s no holding back—everyone scrambles to be the last one still in the air! To pull this off, we play cards that affect us or others in terms of columns and height, or even make someone throw a piano after another player. The theme is spot-on, the artwork is great, and it was even affordable.