Penguins running around collecting fish while the ice melts around them sounds like the sort of family fun game my kids would enjoy, so we were all excited to dive into Hey That’s My Fish!

Frozen

The set up of Hey That’s My Fish takes a little while. You need to mix up the tiles and then lay them down one by one in rows to create your frozen playing area. Once that’s done each player takes their set of coloured penguins and taking it in turns, places each one on an ice floe containing 1 fish. Then you are ready to go!

Fish & Flippers

Each turn you choose one of your penguins to move in any direction as many spaces as you wish. You cannot go through other players or through missing ice floes. As you move your penguin, you get to collect and add to your stash the ice floe that the penguin was standing on. It essentially melts as you leave and you get the fish. You want to try to leave your penguin on a tile that has the most fish possible (there are tiles with 1, 2 or 3 fish). This way when you next move that penguin you will collect more fish for your stash. What do fish make? A winner essentially. The person with the most fish at the end of the game wins.

I’m Melting!

An important strategy of Hey That’s My Fish is to make sure you don’t cut yourself off though because if there are no ice floes to move to on your turn, that penguin is out of the game. You will still receive the tile they are standing on to add the fish to your stash though.

On the flip side I played an interesting 3 player game with my two kids who teamed up to isolate me on an ice floe. They succeeded in cutting me off from the rest of the game board, but left me with a nice juicy section of fish that I could take my time collecting. Apparently, they won’t be trying that strategy again after my fantastic win!

Also to note, It is easy to knock all the tiles when you are removing them so you just need to go carefully and as long as you’re mindful of that, it’s not really an issue.

Black And White And Full Of Fish

The kids love the penguin theme and the game is great fun for all of us. My 6 year old still needs a few pointers, but he’s fully involved in the game and enjoying it, so it makes for a really good game for us all to play together. My 8 year old enjoys the strategy part and they both love nothing more than some poor penguin being stranded on an ice floe with no where to run to!

Hey That’s My Fish is a nice small box game that is providing us with hours of fun, so this comes highly recommended from my family.

This blog was written by Alana Wren