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Dice Fishing is a fast-paced and exciting dice-rolling game that feels a lot like real fishing!
Each round, the players take turns rolling 6 custom Bait dice.
There is a common row of Fish cards that is replenished after each player’s turn. Each card requires a certain set of bait to be placed on it. If all slots of the card are filled, the fish starts biting! The players can guess which of the 7 fish types they are about to catch — zander, trout, perch, pike, sturgeon, salmon, or ide — but they won’t know for sure until they flip the card and see it!
The larger the fish, the harder it is to catch it. Moreover, every fish might get away! In order to increase your chances, you will be mastering your fishing skills by resolving different Opportunity cards that will allow manipulating your rolls and the assortment of fish.
During the game, the players score additional Achievement tokens for different sets of their fish and as soon as anyone collects 7 different fish, they score the endgame Achievement token. After the final scoring, whoever has the most VP wins!
-description from publisher
- Appealing theme
- Dice rolling and dice placement mechanics
- Family-friendly with simple rules for kids and strategy for adults
- Well-made Kickstarter video
- Good customer service demonstrated by prompt responses and solutions
- Significant value with multiple expansion modules included
- Potential for engraved dice and upgraded components
- Quick to learn and play
- Engaging and addictive for family evenings
- Includes a D10 for potential unique mechanics
- Main image could convey more information
- Lack of direct pricing information on the main page
- Concerns about sticker application quality
- Previous project cancellation (Night Watch)
- Initial funding goal for Night Watch might have been too high or miscalculated
- Lack of clickable links to content creator videos
- Questionable placement of important information on the back of the rule booklet
- The 'Legendary Catch' expansion feels like it wasn't sold well and is expensive
- Uncertainty if stretch goals will be met to unlock certain components like engraved dice
- Shipping costs are mentioned as not feeling great, not terrible
- The community tab being followers-only is seen as unnecessary hiding of information
- Fishing
- Hive
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Card Play — Power cards can be used to gain an edge.
- Dice Rolling — The game is powered by dice rolls, which are used to match icons to catch fish.
- Modular Board/Expansions — The game includes several modules that can be added, offering varied gameplay.
- Push Your Luck — There's an element where sometimes the fish still slips away, implying a risk/reward aspect.
- Resource Management — Players can spend coins to tweak their dice rolls.
- Set Collection — Players collect fish and potentially trophy tokens.
Video topics + discussion points
Quotes (from this video)
- I'm a sucker for the theme.
- Dice fishing is a fantastic mix of dice rolling and strategy.
- The value proposition of six games, 10 bucks a game. Staying in family time.
- This is definitely going to be the most popular one with a bullet.
- It's hard to do family/children games on Kickstarter successfully. It just is.