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Go Fish guide: rules, how to play and tips

What is it?

Go Fish (Ve a Pescar in Spanish) is the perfect card game for kids and families. The rules fit in one sentence: ask for cards, collect sets of four, and if they don’t have it, go fish! Besides being fun, it helps little ones recognize numbers, remember what others ask for and practice waiting for their turn.

Setup

• A standard 52-card deck is used.
• Two to six people can play. Each player gets a hand and the rest of the cards are placed face down in the middle: the pond.
• On WePlay everyone sees only their own hand on their own phone, so nobody can peek.

Rules

1. On your turn choose another player and ask for a rank (for example, sevens). You can only ask for a rank you already hold.
2. If that player has cards of that rank, they must give you all of them, and you ask again.
3. If not, they say “Go Fish!” and you draw a card from the pond. If you draw the exact rank you asked for, you keep playing.
4. When you collect all four cards of one rank you make a book and lay it on the table.
5. The game ends when all books are made. The player with the most books wins.

How to play on WePlay

1. Open weplay.zone in the browser on every phone. There is no app to install and no account to create.
2. If everyone is on the same Wi-Fi, they land at the same table automatically. Anyone far away or on cell data taps Invite and joins with the link, the QR code or the 4-letter code.
3. The host picks Go Fish and taps Start. Each phone shows only its own player’s information; the table is shared in real time.
4. Nobody else around? Open Play the computer and the game starts instantly against a computer opponent.
5. Tap a card in your hand to choose the rank, then tap the player you are asking; the game does the rest.
6. With the computer you can play alone or fill empty seats when you are short of players.

Tips and strategy

• Pay attention to what others ask for: if someone asked for queens, you know they have at least one.
• If someone asks you for a rank you don’t have, remember it; later that player may hold the card you need.
• Ask first for the ranks you hold the most of: you are closer to completing the book.
• With young kids, play with open hands at first to learn, then switch to the regular game.

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