Flamingos aren’t at the top of the food chain, but it’s undeniable that they are the most classy of birds. Flockton of Flamingos is a set collection game from designer Carla Kopp with a mid-century art style from Jon Merchant. Let’s take a look at this colorful card game.
Birds of a Feather
Players are given a set of four flamingo cards and two starter cards that represent your Roost. The eight different suits in the game feature a unique and stylish flamingo against a colorful backdrop. Each suit has numbers that run from one to fifteen. Cards also show the two adjacent numbers they attract below the large number at the top and bottom of the card.
In the center of the table is a lagoon of five flamingo cards that players can attract into their personal Roost. This lagoon will always have five cards on display, being refilled in between players turns. On your turn, you’ll do one of three available actions.
Play a card into the lagoon, attracting all flamingos of that color and any flamingos that are numerically adjacent to the card you played.
Play up to three cards from your hand into your Roost.
Draw two flamingo cards from the top of the deck of cards.
Flockton of Flamingos has players using the cards in hand to build a flourishing flamingo community. With careful planning, you’ll be able to outscore your opponents at the table.
A Community of Birds
At the end of the game, players will score their Roost of flamingos in three different ways. Pairs of flamingos of the same number will score one point per set. Runs of three flamingos (not based on suits) are worth two points per run. A set of six flamingos of a suit is worth three points. Flamingos are social birds and each flamingo card can be part of each scoring type.
The name says it all. There are tons of flamingos in this game! The gameplay is really straight-forward but the scoring feels a little puzzley. As you build out your Roost, organizing your cards in a meaningful way is necessary. Players are always looking to fill in gaps in their Roost based on the colors and numbers that show up on the table.
When you play a card to the lagoon in the center of the table, you might just trigger a “flamboyance”. If you attract three or more flamingo cards to your Roost, all your opponents get to draw a card from the deck. You’ll gain a bunch of new cards but give your opponents a little boost to their hand as well.
Final Thoughts
Flockton of Flamingos also comes with some additional scoring cards that will add new scoring beyond the basic three criteria. These advanced scoring cards are a must once players feel comfortable with the flow of the game. These six cards also add to the games replayability.
I really enjoy a good set collection card game. Flockton of Flamingos has a colorful and whimsical style that leans into its mid-century art esthetic. The artwork really stands out in this game. Turns are quick and the scoring at the end of the game usually has me saying “one more game”. This is primarily because I lose this one pretty often. It just gives me more reasons to play it over and over.
Flockton of Flamingos is part of Weird Giraffe’s latest Kickstarter campaign launching on August 25, 2026.
A prototype of the game was provided for this coverage. Components and rules covered in this preview are not finalized. Read more about our preview policies at One Board Family.
