Game Info
Year
2019
Players
2-4
Age
10+
Playtime
20 min
Publisher
Signature Board Games
Collection
Ratings
Creator Score
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Description
A dexterity game where players flick a d12 onto cards to catch trophy fish before their rivals
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Meeple University Review at 0:22 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Fast-paced and engaging for a quick play
- Family-friendly and approachable
- Humorous moments and light-hearted moments
- Educational note about different fish types
Cons
- Rest of play is described as luck-based, which may limit strategic depth
Thematic elements
- fishing and collecting trophy fish
- water area/jetty where dice are rolled to catch fish
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Baiting — Use fish you've caught earlier as bait to influence outcomes.
- Dice Rolling — Roll a D12 die from your jetty onto the water to land on or near a fish; the die value is compared to the fish's number.
- dice-rolling — Roll a D12 die from your jetty onto the water to land on or near a fish; the die value is compared to the fish's number.
- equipment variety — Items include one-use like a fishing net and permanent like a fishing lure.
- fish management — You can have up to five fish; some fish have special effects (e.g., sunfish minus 3 from a dice roll).
- fish replacement/refresh — Fish can be replaced or refreshed if all are faced up to keep things fresh.
- flip/download equipment — Flip equipment back up to reuse or flip it down to reset for use later.
- land proximity to fish — Land the die on top of or near a fish as determined by a roller.
- special fish effects — Certain fish have effects like sunfish affecting dice or octopus enabling card swaps.
- swap equipment between players — Between any two players you can swap equipment cards.
- tackle shop items — Go to a tackle shop to obtain one-use or permanent items that help with fishing.
- win condition — First to collect three trophy fish wins in a two-player game; in three-to-four players, similar objective applies.
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Quotes (from this video)
- a nice fun fast-paced diced jacking game
- light and suited for families
- if your family like to fish it's a good way to play and learn about the different type of fish too
- the rest is luck based but hey that's what I happen when you go fishing
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BoardGameCo Top List at 3:23 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Charming drawn castles
- Solid ratings (7.7)
- Love the color scheme and style
- Intrigued by it
Cons
- Question of how easy it is to read what's going on the table.
Thematic elements
- charming drawn castles
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Roll and Write — The game is described as a roll and write game.
Video topics + discussion points
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Quotes (from this video)
- This is one of those incredible games.
- This is a light dice chucking game, but I find it to be so much fun.
- It looks absolutely charming.
- Potatoes is your currency.
- It is incredibly tense.
- I thought this was absolutely brilliant.
- The experience I got was not the experience I was expecting to get.
- I love Dartmouth, I do.
- I think expansions improve the experience.
- one of the things that's actually funny about this one is if you look at the the the reviews on this, the reviews, one of the negative reviews has me more interested.
- I don't care about deck builders.
- similar to Lost Ruins of Arnak, one of my favorite games of all time, but with more deck-building, yes, please.
- this could be a CGE game that knocks it out of the park.
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