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Play Overview
Sounds Fishy (2022) is a push-your-luck communication game where you try to spot fake answers whilst avoiding the real ones. You play by reading out Question cards, making up answers and then spotting who's faking. It is a game of cunning, disguise and deduction where you must play both sleuth and liar.
You play either The Guesser or The Fish in a battle of disguising and finding the truth. The Guesser reads out a Question card before guessing which of The Fish's answers is fake. The Fish are either True Blue hiders of the right answer or Red Herring inventors of fake ones. The Guesser gets a point for each fake answer guessed correctly, but loses all these points if they choose the true one. If you have the most points after everyone has had a round of guessing, you are the winner.
It's a deceptively clever game. Although you play alone, you end up working together against The Guesser, by ensuring your answers don't (or do) stand out from the other Fish. Winning is about lying just the right amount and using the truth as cover.
Our examiner, Rob Prior, first checked Sounds Fishy 22 months ago. It was re-examined by Jo Robertson and updated 14 months ago.
You play either The Guesser or The Fish in a battle of disguising and finding the truth. The Guesser reads out a Question card before guessing which of The Fish's answers is fake. The Fish are either True Blue hiders of the right answer or Red Herring inventors of fake ones. The Guesser gets a point for each fake answer guessed correctly, but loses all these points if they choose the true one. If you have the most points after everyone has had a round of guessing, you are the winner.
It's a deceptively clever game. Although you play alone, you end up working together against The Guesser, by ensuring your answers don't (or do) stand out from the other Fish. Winning is about lying just the right amount and using the truth as cover.
Our examiner, Rob Prior, first checked Sounds Fishy 22 months ago. It was re-examined by Jo Robertson and updated 14 months ago.
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Play Style
This is a Communication and Push-Your-Luck game with Brain Game elements. You can play with 4 to 10 players in the same room. Best with 8 - 10 players.
You can play this game in the following styles:
Duration
Learn to Play: This takes 1 minute to learn. This is a really simple game to learn, and you will fully understand it after just one turn.
Play Time: This game will take between 20 minutes and half an hour to complete.
Play Time: This game will take between 20 minutes and half an hour to complete.
Benefits
This game is good if you want to:
Age Ratings
Skill Level
7+ year-olds usually have the required skill to enjoy this game. Younger players need to be able to independently understand the questions and be able to create answers that fit the style of the Question cards.
Content Rating
We rate this suitable for 3+ years-olds.
Costs
Game Details
Release Date: 01/07/2022
Skill Rating: 7+ year-olds
Players: 4-10
Genres: Communication, Push-Your-Luck and Brain Game
Accessibility: 0 features documented (Tweet Developer )
Components: Cards and Tokens
Developer: Big Potato Games (@BigPotatoGames)
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