Go Fish

Ask for what you need, fish when you’re told no, and collect the most books.

2 to 6 players
Bots fill empty seats
Set collection
Family

Go Fish for 2 to 6: ask for a rank, take every card of it, and go fish when you’re told no. It’s quick for children to pick up, and each hand stays private on its own phone.

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Playing on Card Sard

Open cardsard.com on a TV, laptop or tablet and press Host.
Everyone else opens cardsard.com on their phone, presses Join, and types the room code or scans the QR code. There’s nothing to install.
Choose Go Fish and play: each hand on its own phone, the table on the big screen.

How to play Go Fish

Goal

Collect books: all four cards of one rank. Whoever lays down the most books wins.

The deal

Everyone is dealt 7 cards with two or three players, or 5 with more. The rest is the pond, face down. Lay down any book you hold straight away.

On your turn

Ask any other player for a rank you already hold at least one of.
If they have any, they must give you all of them, and you ask again.
If they have none, they say “Go fish”, and you draw from the pond. If it’s the rank you asked for, show it and ask again. Otherwise your turn ends.
Whenever you have all four of a rank, lay the book down in front of you.

Running out

If your turn comes with no cards in hand, draw a fresh hand from the pond and play on. With the pond empty too, you’re out for the rest of the deal.
The deal ends when every card is in a book.

Winning

Each book is worth a point, and the most books wins.

Variations

Picked in the lobby before the game starts.

Deals: 1. Books are added up across them. The host can also choose 3 or 5.
Lucky catch asks again: On. Fishing up the very rank you asked for gives you another ask. Off, your turn ends after you fish, whatever you draw.