Hey, That's My Fish!

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To start, shuffle the hexagonal ice floe tiles face-down. Then, place them face-up in a rough square shape, alternating the rows between seven and eight until you have placed all the tiles. The top row must have seven tiles. The players must choose if they are happy with the layout. If they’re not, they can choose to switch the tiles to make it more evenly distributed. Hey, That's My Fish! continues until all penguins can no longer legally move or they have been removed from the board. Any remaining tiles are returned to the box. King Penguin! The game is designed by Alvydas Jakeliunasand Günter Cornett, and was originally released in 2003. FFG are known for their bigger brand games such as Star Wars: X-Wingand LOTR: Journey to Middle-earth, so it’s not the kind of game you would expect them to publish. Hey, That's My Fish! is a 2003 board game designed by Günter Cornett and Alveydas Jakeliunas. The game is for two to four players and is produced by American game company Fantasy Flight Games. [1] Rules [ edit ] Even though it is a simple game there is still an air of strategy to it for more experienced board gamers. You do have to think ahead a few turns and hope that your opponents aren’t going for the same tile you are!

On each player's turn, the player moves one of his/her penguins in a straight line as far as he/she wishes, as long as there is a continuous line of vacant hexagons between the penguin's starting and destination hexagons. Penguins can't jump over empty space or other penguins. The hexagon that the penguin started from is then removed from play, becoming the player's property. To start, shuffle the hexagonal ice floe tiles face-down. Then, place them face-up in a rough square shape, alternating the rows between seven and eight until you have placed all the tiles. The top row must have seven tiles. The players must choose if they are happy with the layout. If they're not, they can choose to switch the tiles to make it more evenly distributed.

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I admit that it can be a bit fiddly trying to get the ice floe tiles from the centre of the board, however it’s easy to fix if you mess it up a little whilst taking your starting tile. Hey, That’s My Fish! is a game for 2-4 players from Fantasy Flight Games (FFG). Players take turns using their waddle of penguins to outmanoeuvre their opponents and catch as many fish as they can without being trapped on an ice floe! Hey, That’s My Fish! continues until all penguins can no longer legally move or they have been removed from the board. Any remaining tiles are returned to the box. King Penguin!

When none of the penguins are in play any more, the game ends. The player who has collected the most fish from his/her hexagons wins.Hey, That’s My Fish! is such a simple yet elegant game to play. The rules are detailed and easy to understand. During set-up you can explain what the rules are, so that you can play in minutes! Who doesn’t want to start a game night with something that can be explained in less than a minute!