
The other, and bigger part of why this game is addictive, is that it is also incredibly competitive and strategic. The short time it takes to play is partly the reason why this game can be quite addictive. Setting up the game is also very fast, the most laborious part of it is arranging the tile grid, but that at most takes a few minutes. As soon as penguins have ran out of tiles to go to – they can’t jump over the gaps on the board – the game is over. The game will take at the most about 15 minutes to play. Also, congratulations, you have just learnt the rules for Hey, That’s My Fish!. At the end of the game, the player that has the most amount of fish wins. As soon as the penguin leaves the tile it is on, that tile is removed from the board to be collected by that player. The player controls penguins, 2 each in 3-4 player game and 4 each in a 2 player game, which can move around the board in straight lines. The games is based on a randomly arranged grid of hexagonal tiles, where each tile has either one, two or three fish on it. Personally, I play Hey, That’s My Fish! as a warm-up game, something fast and fun, that will get people in the mood for board games and help to relax the group. Hey, That’s My Fish!, and yes, exclamation point is mandatory, is a great game for many reasons, but a big selling point for me, is that it can be enjoyed by anyone – children, adults, experienced board gamers, new board gamers, people who don’t have time to play board games, penguin lovers and fish haters. Designer: Gunter Cornett, Alvydas Jakeliunas.Among them there is a game that I now recommend in half a heart beat – Hey, That’s My Fish! As it turned out, thankfully, this was an easy and enjoyable problem to solve because there are quite few board games that are fun for both adults and children. The solution would hopefully avoid me playing and purchasing board games that were not aimed or designed for me. However, the question persisted, and I felt more guilty the more it was asked, so I had to rectify the situation somehow. If I was presented with a list of game from Kinderspiel des Jahres (an award for the best children’s game akin to Spiel des Jahres), I would probably not know a single game on that list. While, correct, I do play quite a few board games, I tend to play them with adults, in a bar, while sipping beer and making silly innuendo jokes. ‘But you play a lot of board games, you must know some!’, the person insists, slightly disappointed now. Realising what is going through my head, makes me panic a bit more. With plucky bands of penguin miniatures to choose from and high-quality hexagonal tiles with which to create your fishing grounds, players will be engrossed by this Antarctic adventure from their first catch.As an adult board gamer, ironically, I get asked one specific question a lot: ‘What is a good board game for kids?.’ At first I panic, my brain unhelpfully thinking of the games on the completely opposite end of the spectrum, Blood Bowl Team Manager Card Game, Gloom, Eldrich Horror. The new art commissioned by FFG for the compact set of ice tiles clearly displays the number of fish on each tile with lively and colorful renditions. The new penguin miniatures are colorful, more detailed than ever before, and bursting with individual personality. In this definitive edition of the game, Hey, That’s My Fish! has been repackaged in an easily storable small box.


Easy to learn, this exciting board game is accessible for players of any experience level, from casual to competitive gamer. Hey, That’s My Fish! is frenzied fun for any setting, from a light and family-friendly experience to a tense and strategically satisfying face-off. As you hone your strategy with every new map, will the icy shapes lead to your demise or will you claim victory? The sixty hexagonal tiles that each display one to three fish are used to randomly construct the board, which will have your penguins traveling a differently shaped path every game. Hey, That’s My Fish! is infinitely replayable. Whichever player’s penguins collect the most fish by the end of the game is the winner! Grab the best fish and outmaneuver your opponents to ensure victory. But watch out! Competing penguins will try to block you off while the ice floe around you shrinks away. Your job seems simple: race across a random arrangement of icy fish deposits with a colony of up to four penguins, as you attempt to seize the most fish.
