Join in and write your own page! It’s easy to do. If you’ve played Hey! That’s My Fish! Board Game, please leave a rating and comments using the link below. Hopefully it won’t be too late for you to win by then. It may take you a few moves to see what the best moves really are. Hey! That’s My Fish! is a wonderful game that can easily lead to more than one play at a time. The rules are so simple that even most kindergarteners should be able to play well. The penguins are on the adorable side, but I wish I had the better tokens from the Deluxe version. You get to collect that last tile you got stuck on and add it to your score. The game ends when no one can make any more moves. The longer you can stay mobile, the more points you’ll get.Įventually though, you’ll end up stranded on a floe and unable to go any further – either because there are no more adjacent tiles or because other penguins are occupying them. It’s important to try to keep moving as long as possible. When you move your penguin off its current floe in a straight line as far as you wish (without bumping into another penguin or skipping over an empty space) you collect the tile you just vacated. Initial placement of penguins must be on a tile (ice floe) with just 1 fish on it. The number of cute little penguins you use depends on the number of players. Hey! That’s My Fish! almost takes more time to setup than to play. It’s an easy to learn tactical game that adults will enjoy too.

This blog post contains affiliate links.įind other board game and toy reviews here.Hey! That’s My Fish! is just another way of saying stay off my ice floe! The title might make it sound like a kids’ game, but it’s not really. We were sent the Hey that’s my Fish! board game for review purposes. It’s available from a wide range of retailers and online. Hey that’s my Fish! costs around £10 and is suitable for ages 8+ (though my six year old had no trouble at all with it). It’s a small game in a small box, so it’s the kind of thing we would take on holiday or keep in our activity bag which I have ready for when we go out with the boy. We kept things light and fun for the boys and it’s something I know they will want to play again and again. It entertained the adults and children equally well, and it’s the kind of game you can really get seriously strategic about if you want. It’s fairly quick to play and was a perfect for playing while we waited for our meals to arrive. The boys, aged six and seven got the hang of the rules really quickly and enjoyed the game. The key to success is thinking two or three moves ahead and trying to block your rival penguins in if you can. Hey that’s my Fish! is a good introduction to strategy games. Once all the cards have gone, or a penguin impasse has been reached, then you count your fish. Hey Thats My Fish almost takes more time to setup than to play. The aim of the game is to collect the most fish, so strategically it makes sense to try to land on and collect as many of the two and three fish cards as you can, then the one fish cards, but it’s not always that simple.

You can’t move over any penguins which might be in your way, nor can your penguin paddle through the gaps in the ice where other players have collected their cards. Starting with the youngest player first, you can move one penguin in a straight line in any direction, landing on a fish card and collecting it. When laid out the “board” of fish cards isn’t huge, maybe around A4 size, which means it’s good for playing on small tables in restaurants or even on trains. Each player takes two of the coloured penguins (choose from red, blue, yellow or green) and you place them randomly on the board. Hey that’s my Fish! is suitable for 2 to 4 players. The fish cards have one, two or three fish printed on them, and you need to mix them right up so they’re fairly well distributed across the board. The game is really quite simple to set up and play. We had planned to meet my brother, his wife and my seven year old nephew for lunch, so I threw Hey that’s my fish! in my bag to keep the boys entertained. I have seen Hey that’s my fish! before in the shops, but hadn’t really looked at it too closely as my son is 6 years old and it’s advertised as suitable for ages 8+. We were asked some questions about how old we all were and what our favourite and least favourite games were, then we waited for our first specially picked board game.

Each month 50 bloggers are sent a new (or new-ish, or at least new to them) board game to play and put to the test. This month we have joined the Blogger Board Game Club run by Playtime PR.

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