Go Fish

(Uncredited)
BGG Geek Rating
4.6
based on 2,045 ratings
BGG Average Rating
3.7
community average
BGG Ranking
#29505
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Players
2-6
Weight
1.05/5.00
Playtime
20 min
Age
4+
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⚙️ Game Mechanics

How this game works - core systems and player actions

Set Collection Memory

📂 Categories

Card Game Memory Children's Game Deduction

🎨 Artists

Annika Skönvall Julia Gorton Jón Baldur Hlíðberg Lars Klinting Margareta Nordqvist Paul Frank Shirley Barber Stefán Pétur Sólveigarson Wilhelm von Wright

🏢 Publishers

Anker Play Products Bazoo Global Briarpatch Cardinal Cartamundi Childswork Childsplay Chronicle Books Creative Child Games Disney/Pixar ED-U-Cards Mfg eeBoo General Mills Hasbro Hespuhúsið Horizon Group USA Hoyle Products Inkstone Design International Games JA-RU Inc. Jewish Educational Toys K. Hjelm Förlag AB McDonald's Corporation Melissa & Doug MGA Entertainment Nelson City Council Oriental Trading Company Patch Products Peaceable Kingdom Playmore Publishers (Public Domain) Regal Games Spin Master Ltd. Spite House Studios Strottman International Super Impulse The Purple Cow The United States Playing Card Company Toysmith Tree Toys University Games (Unknown) Waddingtons Walt Disney Productions (Disney) Western Publishing Company Whitman Winning Moves Games (USA)

📖 About This Game

Go Fish is a standard deck playing card game and is one of the first card games taught to children in the United States. Players try to complete sets of four of the same number cards (the two of hearts, diamonds, clubs, and spades together would be a set). After dealing 6 cards to each player, the first player asks one other player if they have any cards matching one in their hand - "Do you have any 2's?". If player 2 has any cards matching the requested card, they must surrender all matching cards to the asking player and player 1 gets another turn. If player 2 doesn't have any matches, he says "Go Fish" and player 1 draws from the draw pile. If the card drawn matches the last card asked for or makes a set, player 1 gets another turn. If not, play moves to the player. The first player who ends his turn with no cards left in his hand (all cards are in sets), wins.