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MixFix

SHip-Ship-Sheep

MixFix belongs into the genre of card shedding games and demands correct announcement as a reaction to cards in combination with dice.

The game features four big dice, each one with one symbol each of ship, sheep, fish and frog and two empty sides. The 40 cards show those symbols in different numbers and combinations.

Each player is dealt 6 cards, the rest is stacked open-faced; all players, too, lay out their cards open-faced.

You roll the dice and each player tries to discard a card to the stack; a correct card shows all symbols of the dice result, regardless of what else is on the cards. If you roll two fish and a frog, a correct card must show at least two fish and a frog. But that is not enough, you must be first to place the card and name the result of the dice roll loudly and correctly; in this case fish-fish-frog or frog-fish-fish or fish-frog-fish. This is the only way you can make a correct announcement, you must name each symbol separately, the order is unimportant. An announcement of “two fish and one frog” is incorrect and not valid!

If you stop, stutter or make any other mistake you must take back your card and draw another one from the pile. When you are first to discard all your cards you win.

Rarely, we have laughed so much while playing such a simple game! You would not believe how difficult it is to say „Schaf-Schiff-Fisch“ and say it faster than the other players. A wonderful family game, ideal for in between and for your vacation, you can play it with holiday friends in English, as you can see from my description, but don’t believe that Fish-Ship-Sheep is easier than Fisch-Schiff-Schaf!

Players: 3-6

Age: 7+

Time: 15+

Designer: Andrew & Jack Lawson

Art: Arthur Wagner

Price: ca. 10 Euro

Publisher: Piatnik 2012

Web: www.piatnik.com

Genre: Card shedding game

Users: For families

Version: multi

Rules: de fr hu

In-game text: no

Comments:

Handy and easy to carry along

Very simple rules

Lots of fun

High allure to play again

Compares to:

First game in this combination of mechanism, or else all reaction or card shedding games

Other editions:

Currently none

Chance (pink): 3

Tactic (turquoise): 0

Strategy (blue): 0

Creativity (dark blue): 0

Knowledge (yellow): 0

Memory (orange): 0

Communication (red): 0

Interaction (brown): 3

Dexterity (green): 3

Action (dark green): 0