Piggy Market — the family auction card game of social strategy
Bid Smart. Bluff Better. Bring Home the Piggies.
The town market is open, and the vendors are selling their piggies in blind auctions. The catch: the highest bidder wins but pays only the second-highest bid — so read your friends, haggle hard, and be the first to hog four piggies from a single vendor.
- 2–6 players
- Ages 12+
- 10–15 min per player
- 133 cards
Highest Bidder Wins. Second Bid Sets the Price.
Everyone hides bidding tokens in a fist and reveals at once. The biggest bid takes the piggy — but pays only what the runner-up offered. Overbid safely, or bait your friends into overpaying. That’s the whole mind game.
Bids 17 — wins!
Takes the piggy off the market…
Bids 6 — sets the price
…and the winner pays just 6.
Did you know?The manual isn’t kidding around: this is a Vickrey auction, named after William Vickrey, winner of the 1996 Nobel Prize in Economics. Your teenager is doing auction theory and doesn’t know it.
Pick Up & Play
Trade, Bid, and Hog Your Way to Victory
Trades, promises and side-deals are all fair game — and promises aren’t binding. Who goes first? The manual’s rule, not ours: “the player who can make the best pig sound goes first.”
Over 70 Piggies,
Nine Shady Vendors
Ninja piggies, mermaid piggies, sumo piggies, three piggies in a trench coat — every card is its own hand-drawn illustration, and every vendor plays dirty in its own way.
Built for Market Days at Home
Family 12+
Old enough to bluff, young enough to gloat. Auction theory disguised as pig noises — teachers, you're welcome.
2 to 6 players
A quick duel or a full table war. Rounds run 10–15 minutes per player, and trading keeps everyone in every turn.
In the box
133 cards — 72 vendor piggies, 60 piggy bank cards and the dreaded Market Closed card — plus 30 bidding tokens.
Fair Questions, Honest Answers
How many players do you need for Piggy Market?
Made for 2–6 players, and a round takes 10–15 minutes per player.
What age is Piggy Market for?
Ages 12+ — the rating we sell it under.
What comes in the box?
133 cards — 72 vendor piggies, 60 piggy bank cards and the Market Closed card — plus 30 bidding tokens.
How fast does it ship?
We pack every box ourselves and ship from the US to US addresses within 2–3 business days, and orders of $35 or more ship free.
Is it hard to learn?
Three steps: haggle and trade, bid in secret, then be the first to hog four piggies from a single vendor. Everyone hides bidding tokens in a fist and reveals at once — the highest bid takes the piggy, and pays only what the runner-up offered.
Is anyone sitting around waiting for their turn?
No — every auction is simultaneous. Everyone hides bidding tokens in a fist and reveals at once, and trading keeps everyone in every turn. Trades, promises and side-deals are all fair game, and promises aren't binding.
Is it actually teaching them anything?
The bidding is a real Vickrey auction — the manual says so itself, and names William Vickrey, winner of the 1996 Nobel Prize in Economics. Auction theory disguised as pig noises.
How is it different from Rant About?
Piggy Market is the strategy one — an auctioning game of social strategy, where you read the table and bid. Rant About, the other title on our family shelf, is social improv: a topic card, a perspective card and a timer. Same shelf, different skill.
Go Wee Wee Wee All the Way Home
Over 70 hand-drawn piggies, a thank-you note from Pigcasso inside the lid, and one very smug winner per game. Ships from the US, packed by us.
