Game Info
Year
2022
Players
2-4
Age
8+
Playtime
10 min
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Description
Quick pocket-sized card game collecting fish and fulfilling orders at a sardine cannery
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kovray Discussion at 19:12 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- travel-friendly packaging
- simple yet satisfying set collection
Cons
none
Thematic elements
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Quotes (from this video)
- it's a really easy game to teach
- it's just so approachable and fun
- it's been really fun, very recommended
- i really like logic puzzles
- it's crunched into this slot where you have to optimize what you're doing
- it's a lot of fun
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Meeple Mountain Review at 0:11 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Rules are simple and quick to grasp, enabling fast plays.
- Deceptively deep: decisions matter and can shift the turn-to-turn momentum.
- Family-friendly and approachable for kids, while still offering meaningful choices for adults.
- Fast rounds allow multiple plays in a single session, increasing replayability.
- Clear path to optimizing scoring through smart hand management and order selection.
Cons
- Hand management can become stressful if the hand stagnates and you cannot fulfill orders.
- Overpaying with sardines due to lack of change can slow progress and force suboptimal plays.
- Split-colored two-fish cards can clog the hand and are not always useful, depending on available orders.
- Early knowledge of the available orders can create a perceived need to chase larger point cards, potentially delaying moves if timing is off.
Thematic elements
- Colorful, color-moded sardine economy with hand-management and set-collection vibes.
- A light, sunny market scene where players gather sardine cards and assemble orders to score points.
- Light, cheerful, family-friendly tone with quick, decision-driven rounds.
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Action choice — On each turn a player can either take two fish (two of a kind or one of each) to build their hand or attempt to fulfill an order.
- Card Drafting — Acquired order cards are kept face down for later scoring; higher-point orders require careful resource planning.
- Card/Chit Market — When the sardine deck runs out, discard and reshuffle the pile; the game ends when the last order is revealed.
- deck/market management — When the sardine deck runs out, discard and reshuffle the pile; the game ends when the last order is revealed.
- Hand Management — Players hold a small hand (six cards max) and must manage what they draw and what they can spend to fulfill orders.
- order card drafting / scoring — Acquired order cards are kept face down for later scoring; higher-point orders require careful resource planning.
- Resource Management — Sardines act as a currency; overpaying or mismanaging fish can slow progress and create dead cards.
- Set collection / order fulfillment — Complete order cards by paying the indicated sardine colors; successful completion yields points.
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Quotes (from this video)
- it's simple it's quick and it's deceptively layered with some choices
- the rules are so simple
- it's a fast game that makes me make decisions still
- we have played this game a lot over and over again
- deceptively layered
- stay away from the split colored two fish cards
- you will see why this will affect you
- select your sardines carefully with your family and friends
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