Game: Fishy

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Garry — 2007-09-25T15:06:37+00:00

All the components

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Garry — 2007-09-25T15:06:06+00:00

Fishy Cards

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Garry — 2007-09-25T15:05:38+00:00

Fish 'meeples'

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godongi — 2006-11-25T09:07:27+00:00

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godongi — 2006-11-25T09:07:20+00:00

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Leo-T — 2006-03-03T12:42:42+00:00

Back of the Box

Thread: Preview

BoardGameGeek — 2001-08-08T14:29:14+00:00

Fishy is actually three games in one box. In each game the idea is to play one, or occasionally two, of 6-7 action cards face down, and when everyone reveals you get to either put on or remove some of your beautiful little wooden fish from the board. All three games are essentially simple bluffing games, but all offer a degree of strategy as well. The third game of the three seems to offer the most options, and is the most popular.

The production is almost over the top. One has come to expect excellence from White Wind, and the components are excellent. Providing each player with 20 little wooden fish is certainly going the extra mile.

Fishy is arguably the least popular of all the White Wind series, which is a shame as there are three quite enjoyable, if slightly quirky games included.

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2001-08-08T13:29:39+00:00

Thread: Session Report

dougadamsau — 2001-01-01T06:00:00+00:00

Greg Hallam writes:

Alan, Janet, Greg

This was an end-of-evening filler, playing with my newly purchased copy. Fishy is an Alan Moon design, published by White Wind. It consists of a board picturing a barrel with five levels, a deck of cards, and six sets of incredibly cute wooden fish. It's actually three games in one but all three use the same mechanics.

Fish are set up in different levels of the barrel, according to the particular game being played. Each player plays a card from her hand and they are revealed simultaneously - cards allow you to place or remove fish from the various levels. If players reveal the same card, the effect is either reduced or nullified.

In the first game, "Rotten Fish", the object is to stop your fish sliding to the bottom of the barrel, the second, "Fresh Fish", the object is to acumulate valuable fish, and the third "Fresh Fish' requires you to score points by placing all your fish in the barrel.

All three are quick, simple games of bluff and anticipating what cards others will play, though the third game proved the most interesting. Three players worked, but the games really need at least four or more. Very light, but a fun filler. Alan won the first and second games, Janet won the third and decided she liked it a lot!