Hit the bad haggis to score points in this fun Whack The Haggis Game from About Aberdeen and avoid hitting the good haggis during this pop up hunt and splat the haggis:

It is recommended that you have the latest versions of shockwave and flash so that you can enjoy the whack a haggis graphics. These can be downloaded for free at the
Shockwave Player Download Center website and at
Adobe Flash Player site.

Click on the square below to start playing whack the haggis game. Then click on play to commence the game or high scores to see the top ten scorers.

Please see further below for details of how you can win prizes for playing whack the haggis.

About Aberdeen Haggis Game

Use the mouse of your computer to move and raise or lower the hammer to give the haggis a whack. Aim to hit the angry bad looking haggis who are coloured red. Hit this haggis and he will sound a haggis noise.

Try and avoid hitting the friendly tartan bonnet clad haggis or he will give a wee squeak and take a point off your score.

Variations of this haggis game include splat the haggis and haggis hunting game.

There is a mute button on the left of the game if you really do not like the bagpipe music (are you mad!!). This does turn off the haggis sound effects through.

Disclaimer - No haggis were harmed in the making of this game and will be released back into the wild after the haggis whacking season - just in time for the haggis hunting season!

We at About Aberdeen love haggis and ask you not to go out into the Scottish countryside wacking any friendly haggis. If you do go haggis hunting though you might find our haggis recipe at our other website at www.scottishrecipes.co.uk

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If you are cooking haggis for St Andrews night then visit another of our sites for some trivia about St Andrew at
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We also run the www.findextrawork.co.uk website where there is information about earning more money from a range of part time and full time jobs which can be done at home or out and about. Visit for more information.

Haggis Competition

Please do add your name to the high score - AboutAberdeen run a competition where the top scorer will win a prize pack that includes an Aboutaberdeen.com pen and a range of items of the winners choice of prizes from my other website www.bornoloaf.co.uk which includes stick it notes, car sticker, badge, tape measure, t-shirt, credit card holder, frisbee, post it notelets, hoodies, fleece jackets, rucksack, etc. These can be viewed at the www.borntoloaf.co.uk website with pictures and descriptions. Random winners will also be chosen such as those with a low score or picked out at random.

The current haggis competition started on Sunday 28 December 2008 and will close when we receive notification of someone reaching the score of 107. To enter the haggis competition please play the game and use the contact me details on the left to e-mail me your 107 or higher score code that appears under the high score table. Please put Whack A Haggis Competition in the subject field and please include your name and address and what prizes you would like (subject to availability).

The highest scorer will win the prize in this whack the haggis game competition.

For more free games visit:

Game Links has over which can be played on your computer with no downloads required.

Whack The Banker

In December 2009 an alternative to whack the haggis game was introduced to the Southwold Pier in Suffolk, England. This was Whack The Banker which proved popular to play in the time of recession, high bank charges and bonuses paid to directors of banks.

Gayle Ellett

The Scottish bagpipe music playing during Whack The Haggis game is by Scotland Bagpipes Composer Gayle Ellett. The set of 3 music loops is called The Sons of Eilean Donan. Gayle Ellett is a solo musician and also a member of the California based band Djam Karet which is an instrumental progressive Jazz Rock band. Though an American band they chose an Indonesian name which translates to loose elastic. Gayle Ellett plays the guitar and keyboards whilst the other band members are Mike Henderson (guitar), Henry J. Osborne (bassist and keyboards) and Chuck Oken, Jr (drums). The band play many live performances and have released 16 CDs which includes the music to the Black Dahlia Movie. Read more about them at the official Djam Karet website at www.djamkaret.com

American musician Gayle Ellett plays a wide range of Traditional World folk music, mostly for music libraries. Always in demand, he has scored a few films and numerous TV shows and even some traditional Japanese Koto music in a cartoon called Fuggy Fuggy which has played worldwide on MTV. Gayle Ellett owns a record company called Fernwood Pacific whose website can be viewed at www.fernwoodpacific.com