


These traits were designed to evoke wonder and disbelief - to spark your imagination as you consider the fantastic synergies that are possible in Oceans. With over 100 unique traits in The Deep, players will slowly discover game-altering traits over the course of many games. The Surface traits bring stability to the game environment.ĭuring the second half of the game, players can use power cards from The Deep to disrupt the stability. These traits were chosen for their rich thematic interconnections, providing synergistic card play that mimics an oceanic ecosystem. With only 12 Surface traits, it’s easy to wade into your first game without being overwhelmed by new cards. Players must adapt their interconnected ecosystem to survive against the inevitable march of time (Aging), as well as a multitude of predators looking for food.ĭuring the first half of the game, players use traits from a deck of Surface cards to modify their species. Oceans is an interactive engine builder, where players evolve their species in a continually changing ecosystem. If you manage to find people that can work together to make a profit. Enter a vast, underwater cosmos: a mysterious interconnected world of sharp teeth, glowing eyes, and black ink, where your survival depends on your ability to adapt to the unknown. The Kickstarter hit Villagers is a card drafting and engine building game for 1-5. Oceans depicts the boundaries between the known world near the ocean’s surface, and the mysteries lurking in Earth’s deepest unexplored region. With over 120 works of art, 40 scenarios cards, and more than 100 unique trait cards, Oceans is the most ambitious project North Star Games has ever tackled. It is a collection of variations of the card game Go Fish.Ī Go Fish variation invented and contributed by Jonny Groves This page is part of the Invented Games section of the Card Games web site.Description from Board Game Geek Three years in the making, Oceans is a stand-alone game in the award-winning Evolution series. This Deluxe edition comes with larger ice floe tiles and plastic penguins that strike funny poses and sit two inches high.
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Play with a standard 52-card deck plus two Jokers.Play like standard Go-Fish except that pairs (not sets of 4) count.Īny pairs in players' hands are put face up on the table immediately. Hey, That's My Fish Amazon (unavailable) Affiliate Link P Justin Conte petrieslastword I've just heard this game discussed on Dice Tower, and think it'd be perfect for my g/f and her family.Any pairs you form are placed face up on the table, not face down - which is the usual rule for Go Fish. If you ask for a card of a particular rank, you must hold a card of that rank. If your request is not successful but you draw a card of a rank different from the rank you had asked for, your turn ends.If your request is not successful but you draw a card of the same rank you had asked for, your turn continues.If your request is successful, you must put the pair on the table. If it is not your turn to ask and you run out of cards (which will happen if a player asks for your last card), draw 7 from the stock (or the remainder of the stock if there are 7 or fewer cards in it) to replenish your hand.If you run out of cards before the game ends (which will happen if you pair your last card by asking for it or drawing it from the stock), you draw 7 from the stock (or the remainder of the stock if there are 7 or fewer cards in it) to replenish your hand.If the card drawn creates a pair, you must put the pair on the table.
