Overview
At a glance
Is this game right for my group?
ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Harder to teach
High replayability
Highly interactive
Scales well
Deep strategy
How it plays
How does it play?
Head out to sea and fish to fulfill contracts in order to gain points and emerge as the winner in this tile-laying, engine-building game. In Public Market players bid on and draft tiles to play into an ice chest.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
Auction/Bidding
Bid against other players to determine who receives an item, action, or priority.
Contracts
Complete specific requirements to earn rewards, income, or victory points.
Market
Buy and sell through a shared supply whose availability or prices can change.
Open Drafting
Select cards or items from a shared face-up display.
Read the full game description
Head out to sea and fish to fulfill contracts in order to gain points and emerge as the winner in this tile-laying, engine-building game. In Public Market players bid on and draft tiles to play into an ice chest. Once the ice chest is full, players can go to the market to sell their latest catch based on the current market values and to complete contract goals. They then get a new ice chest and go back out on the open water to fulfill new contracts. Play continues until the ocean bag is empty. —description from the publisher