Happy Salmon Game

When colleagues greet, they shake hands. When families greet, they hug. And when fish greet, they do the Happy Salmon—now you can too!

In this crazy card game, each player takes a stack of twelve cards. When the game begins, all players start flipping over their cards and calling out the action listed: high 5, pound it, switcheroo, or happy salmon. When you notice someone else call out the same card, be the first to greet them with that action and discard the completed card. The game gets chaotic, so do what it takes to get noticed. The first player to get rid of all of their cards is the winner!

In case you were wondering (who wasn’t?), a Happy Salmon greeting is when you turn your open, upright palm into a fishtail and lightly slap another player’s forearm 3 or more times as they do the same to you.