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2012 Ranked #19,369

Piranhas

This simultaneous shedding card game has players cover fish with larger fish of the same color and empty their hand first. Piranha cards become playable when their color is absent, opening sudden opportunities during the feeding frenzy.

Family Games Card Game Children's Game Pattern Recognition Animals: Fish / Fishes

Players

2-4

Play time

Not listed

Age

8+

Complexity

1/5

Rating

5.89

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.4/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.0/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.7/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.7/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

There is always a bigger fish! In the card game Piranhas, players play simultaneously and try to play out all of their cards.

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There is always a bigger fish! In the card game Piranhas, players play simultaneously and try to play out all of their cards. On each card are three fishes in different colors and sizes. In the beginning, one card lays on the table. Cards can be played on top of this card when they show a bigger fish in the same color as one of the fishes on the card on the table. Then there are piranha cards of different colors. They can be played when no fish of the same color is on the table. The feeding frenzy continues until one player has no more cards and wins!

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Play and group

Players
2–4
Best with
2–4
Play time
20 min
Age
8+
Complexity
1.0/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Reiner Knizia

Artists

1
Michael Menzel

Publishers

2
Kaissa Chess & Games KOSMOS

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