<D <M <Y Y> M> D>  To This Basic Game Hedgehogs Are Added: I
bought a cute game about hedgehogs, Der Igelwettkampf ("The
hedgehog contest"), as a Christmas present for my niece. On Der
Igelwettkampf's BoardGameGeek page I noticed that it was
classified under the game family "Animals:
Hedgehogs/Porcupines". I'd thought "Family" was for boring
things like grouping together the endless versions of Ticket to
Ride, but turns out it's also used to group together all the
games about hedgehogs.  The question then arises: what's the
best game about hedgehogs? According to BGG it's Igel Ärgern +
Tante Tarantel, a double bill in which Tante Tarantel might be
doing some of that work because Igel Ärgern on its own is rated
a bit lower.  More importantly, what's the worst hedgehog game?
Indubitably it's Hedgehog's Revenge, "The GAME where the
hedgehog STRIKES BACK!", whose BGG description includes the now-
hopefully-immortal saying "To this basic game hedgehogs are
added."  At this point I was on a roll... of the dice! I we