Fishing - GameNight! Se12 Ep28 - How to Play and Playthrough

[@andrewfeist152]

Lincoln trumping crabs at 38:40 and then immediately leading crabs to the next trick is a ... play.

[@boardgamegeek]

Oof, what the heck? Thanks for the note and for watching. -Lincoln

[@mjnickoloff]

Ugh, it's hard to catch all of those! Lincoln is on Santa's naughty list this year!

[@letartean]

Saw that one too…

[@Zacoh]

Really looking forward to playing this game. Excited to watch the video!

[@ClaudeAndTaylor]

Awesome video y'all!!

[@mjnickoloff]

Thank you!

[@joshkindy4826]

You know when they have a fishing show on TV? They catch the fish and then let it go. They don't want to eat the fish, they just want to make it late for something. -Mitch Hedberg

[@mazmo_]

Do you find the game too long overall ? That's my biggest fear and what is preventing me to get the game...

[@boardgamegeek]

I think Dave feels it is too long with 5 but at 3 or 4 Nikki and I have had a great time with the game. -Lincoln

[@davidarnott6085]

@@boardgamegeek Not too long with 5 - it's always 8 rounds, and with 5, there are fewer tricks per round - but with 5, if you take 3-4 tricks, that's 15-20 cards, so your draw deck takes longer to empty, which for me felt less fun. I will say, though, that with 5, the game has more of chance of ending when the deck runs out.

[@LeviPaul-l2b]

@@davidarnott6085 Having just watched this, I can see what you mean about it taking longer to empty, but I think that is an interesting mechanic that tries to help balance the game over the rounds. If one is taking a lot of tricks, then I'd expect that they are getting a lot of low cards that will allow other players to win later rounds, in addition to thinning out their catches and getting new/better cards into the game to help them catch up. I'd be curious if with more players the likelihood of someone falling so far behind, even getting a bunch of the 'better' cards happens early enough to make a difference.

[@joshkindy4826]

it feels like the game needs a deck thinning mechanic. like one of these. Discard Abilities: Introduce new cards or modify existing ones to include abilities that allow players to discard a certain number of cards from their hand or deck. For example, a card could have the effect: "When played, you may discard up to two cards from your hand." Selective Drawing: Implement a rule where, at the end of each round, players can choose to remove a specific number of cards from their caught tricks before forming their hand for the next round. This allows players to curate their hands more effectively. Special Buoy Cards: Design new buoy cards with deck-thinning effects. For instance, a buoy card might allow a player to search their deck for a specific card, add it to their hand, and then remove a different card from the game. Event Cards: Introduce event cards that trigger at the beginning or end of a round, prompting all players to discard or remove certain cards from their hands or decks, adding an element of unpredictability and requiring adaptive strategies.

[@plungy]

Wow that brand has a lot of expendable income to make a ad! we must be paying way to much!